Wess
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · boys
- 1883 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 513since 1883
Wess over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Wess has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #8,312 | 9 |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #7,587 | 10 |
| 2020 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #2,445 | 12 |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #1,987 | 16 |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #2,322 | 13 |
| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | — | |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #814 | 7 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #720 | 7 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five boys were named Wess! It came in at #720, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Wess is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Wess in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Wess
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 171 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #8,910)
- Biggest drop: 149 spots in 1891
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1883 at #720 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1890–1891
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,946
- Highest: 1 in 14,946 boys born in 1883 were named Wess (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 20.9% of all boys named Wess (107) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #720 (1883) | #720 |
| 1890s | 22 | #814 (1890) | #983 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,162 (1900) | #1,301 |
| 1910s | 25 | #2,389 (1916) | #3,063 |
| 1920s | 17 | #3,697 (1928) | #3,917 |
| 1930s | 21 | #3,518 (1937) | #3,630 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,525 (1946) | #3,525 |
| 1950s | 44 | #2,798 (1956) | #3,467 |
| 1960s | 107 | #1,987 (1965) | #2,654 |
| 1970s | 75 | #2,791 (1977) | #4,063 |
| 1980s | 69 | #3,701 (1984) | #5,586 |
| 1990s | 11 | #7,271 (1991) | #7,694 |
| 2000s | 30 | #7,187 (2008) | #8,805 |
| 2010s | 19 | #9,670 (2018) | #10,542 |
| 2020s | 50 | #7,587 (2021) | #8,778 |
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.
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