Welles

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088 · #2,941 for boys in 2025, 42 births
Given to boys 97.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2,410
2021 · 56 births
Debut · boys
1915
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
470
since 1915

Welles over time

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Rank among boys' names. Welles has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202021boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025—#2,94142
2024—#3,52432
2023—#3,62931
2022—#2,91943
2021—#2,41056
2020#15,0885#3,34433
2019#15,5395#2,99340
2018—#2,67446
2017—#2,67246
2016—#3,44132
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Welles! It came in at #3,825, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1915–2011, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Welles is popular in 2021

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: #738 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,703 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedINOhio: #1,233 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,843 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Welles, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Massachusetts#738 · 1 in 5,703
  2. Ohio#1,233 · 1 in 10,843

Best ever in a state: #738 in Massachusetts, 2021.

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Ohio#1,23351 in 10,843
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See more about Welles
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 583 spots since 2024 (#3,524 → #2,941)
  • 403 spots since 2020 (#3,344 → #2,941)
  • 1,949 spots since 2015 (#4,890 → #2,941)
Rise & fade · boys
106 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 2021 at #2,410 (56 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 31,241
  • Highest: 1 in 31,241 boys born in 2021 were named Welles (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 40,668 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 50.4% of all boys named Welles (237) were born in this decade
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1910s10#3,825 (1915)#3,903
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2010s223#2,672 (2017)#5,526
2020s237#2,410 (2021)#3,128

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Welles in 2021

boys
#2,410
56 births · 1 in 31,241 boys

Top boys' names in 2021

  1. #1Liam20,424
  2. #2Noah18,919
  3. #3Oliver14,713
  4. #4Elijah12,845
  5. #5James12,474
  6. #6William12,170
  7. #7Benjamin11,895
  8. #8Lucas11,584
  9. #9Henry11,370
  10. #10Theodore9,600
  11. #2,410Welles56
More about 2021

boys

1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 31,241 of them was named Welles, which outranked 82.9% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Welles
  1. #2,373Safwan57
  2. #2,373Vedansh57
  3. #2,373Yash57
  4. #2,410Welles56
  5. #2,410Abdulaziz56
  6. #2,410Alexandro56
  7. #2,410Amon56
  8. #2,439Aadi55
  9. #2,439Aiyden55
  10. #2,439Asiel55

Tied with 28 names at #2,410; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. ↑ 536Amiri#1,295 → #759
  2. ↑ 438Eliam#1,177 → #739
  3. ↑ 343Colter#972 → #629
  4. ↑ 333Ozzy#1,046 → #713
  5. ↑ 299Loyal#1,053 → #754
Fallers
  1. ↓ 352Jaxtyn#585 → #937
  2. ↓ 259Karsyn#698 → #957
  3. ↓ 231Xzavier#976 → #1,207
  4. ↓ 208Tristen#846 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 208Willie#992 → #1,200

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2021 →