Wesley

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #52in 2025
  • 1 in 306boys in 2025
  • +94%last ten years
  • 3.8×in Vermont

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 94% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,6333,26618801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Wesley, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18801,113
18811,013
18821,275
1883994
18841,049
18851,002
18861,092
18871,134
18881,216
1889913
18901,180
18911,136
18921,164
18931,211
18941,287
18951,329
18961,213
18971,073
18981,231
18991,120
19001,203
19011,371
19021,182
19031,283
19041,296
19051,315
19061,164
19071,301
19081,199
19091,201
19101,076
19111,155
19121,128
19131,141
19141,205
19151,167
19161,153
19171,096
19181,130
19191,121
19201,169
19211,209
19221,183
19231,258
19241,189
19251,134
19261,189
19271,175
19281,066
19291,099
19301,081
19311,072
19321,087
19331,039
19341,083
1935999
19361,023
1937998
1938968
19391,006
1940974
1941888
1942907
1943888
1944858
1945823
1946768
1947797
1948761
1949793
1950853
1951797
1952820
1953879
1954904
1955935
1956947
1957924
1958921
1959937
1960947
1961942
1962949
19631,034
1964988
19651,000
19661,011
1967910
1968945
19691,041
19701,108
19711,108
19721,042
1973997
1974933
1975981
19761,368
19772,618
19782,014
19791,880
19801,774
19811,697
19821,670
19831,555
19841,551
19851,646
19861,652
19871,738
19881,817
19891,728
19901,614
19911,617
19921,622
19931,617
19941,569
19951,470
19961,381
19971,251
19981,173
19991,149
20001,128
20011,044
20021,056
20031,075
20041,062
20051,058
20061,023
2007995
20081,013
20091,115
20101,267
20111,304
20121,396
20131,500
20141,636
20151,687
20161,807
20171,933
20181,998
20192,098
20202,147
20212,410
20222,674
20232,663
20242,996
20253,266

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Vermont 3.8×
  2. Wyoming 3.6×
  3. Maine 3.3×
  4. New Hampshire 3.2×
  5. Rhode Island 2.7×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
5,578
Rank in 2025
#52
How rare
1 in 306 boys
Since 1880
247,713

Most popular in 2025, at 3,266 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 94% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Vermont3.8×41
Wyoming3.6×36
Maine3.3×110
New Hampshire3.2×124
Rhode Island2.7×75

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.