Westyn — #786 US boys' name
2,741 babies named Westyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 94% of names given to boys today.
46% of everyone ever named Westyn was born in this single decade.
319 babies were named Westyn in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Westyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,741 babies named Westyn between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Westyn currently holds the #786 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 319 babies received it in a single year. Westyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 204 additional births since 2010.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Westyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,267 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Westyn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 279 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Westyn in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Westyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,741 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Westyn at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Westyn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2024)
- 319
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #786 among boys.
2,741 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 319 births in a single year.
Westyn popularity over time — girls
204 total births recorded since 2010 (Westyn as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Westyn accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Westyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,267 births that decade — 46% of Westyn's all-time total
Westyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,267 births
- Runner-up 1,213 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Westyn's strongest decade
1,267 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Westyn by state
Where Westyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 279 | 10.2% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 123 | 4.5% |
| #3 | Indiana | | 116 | 4.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 88 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 79 | 2.9% |
| #6 | California | | 65 | 2.4% |
| #7 | Kentucky | | 63 | 2.3% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 63 | 2.3% |
279 of 2,741 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 10.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.5% of nationwide
- Indiana 4.2% of nationwide
- Florida 3.2% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 33 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 10.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Westyn appears in 33 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.