Wetzel — boys' name

What the Data Says About Wetzel

The Social Security Administration has registered 181 babies named Wetzel between 1916 and 1965, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wetzel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wetzel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Wetzel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 56 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Wetzel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wetzel 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 181 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.