Westley
#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #619 for boys in 2025, 453 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1988 · 271 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,119since 1887
Westley over time
Rank among boys' names. Westley has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | #619 | 453 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #656 | 419 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | #679 | 400 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #718 | 367 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | #750 | 340 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #746 | 325 |
| 2019 | — | #793 | 291 | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #786 | 291 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #843 | 262 |
| 2016 | — | #903 | 239 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #1,016 | 200 |
| 2014 | — | #1,097 | 174 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,035 | 186 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,258 | 140 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,425 | 116 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,503 | 108 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,518 | 109 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,532 | 105 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,700 | 89 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,724 | 81 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,691 | 79 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,880 | 65 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,749 | 69 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,433 | 90 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,912 | 57 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,725 | 65 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,342 | 89 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,301 | 91 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,386 | 79 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,347 | 80 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,081 | 109 | |
| 1994 | — | #963 | 131 | |
| 1993 | — | #958 | 126 | |
| 1992 | — | #871 | 147 | |
| 1991 | — | #841 | 152 | |
| 1990 | — | #732 | 194 | |
| 1989 | — | #657 | 231 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #560 | 271 |
| 1987 | — | #635 | 208 | |
| 1986 | — | #747 | 148 | |
| 1985 | — | #939 | 94 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,000 | 79 | |
| 1983 | — | #967 | 83 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,039 | 76 | |
| 1981 | — | #906 | 97 | |
| 1980 | — | #982 | 84 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,070 | 69 | |
| 1978 | — | #836 | 105 | |
| 1977 | — | #786 | 118 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,030 | 65 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,170 | 52 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,124 | 53 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,123 | 53 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,307 | 41 | |
| 1971 | — | #998 | 66 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,051 | 60 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,168 | 45 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,017 | 53 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,364 | 31 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,116 | 44 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,386 | 31 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,263 | 38 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,485 | 28 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,215 | 41 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,250 | 40 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,434 | 31 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,387 | 32 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,677 | 22 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,234 | 40 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,140 | 44 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,114 | 44 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,200 | 39 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,304 | 33 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,378 | 30 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,295 | 32 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,395 | 27 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,348 | 29 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,015 | 48 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,336 | 30 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,475 | 23 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,327 | 25 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,525 | 20 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,308 | 28 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,316 | 28 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,485 | 21 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,433 | 22 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,489 | 20 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,613 | 18 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,481 | 21 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,184 | 11 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,422 | 23 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,783 | 16 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,644 | 18 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,286 | 28 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,693 | 18 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,399 | 27 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,848 | 17 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,372 | 29 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,466 | 25 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,279 | 32 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,414 | 28 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,235 | 34 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,591 | 23 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,475 | 26 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,642 | 22 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,159 | 36 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,499 | 24 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,755 | 18 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,594 | 20 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,454 | 22 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,545 | 16 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,803 | 10 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,268 | 14 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,118 | 9 | |
| 1909 | — | #840 | 12 | |
| 1908 | — | #877 | 10 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #846 | 8 | |
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #722 | 10 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Westley! It came in at #921, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Westley is popular in 2022
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#356 · 1 in 1,338
- Washington#363 · 1 in 1,662
- Oregon#368 · 1 in 1,528
- Nevada#430 · 1 in 1,936
- Wisconsin#515 · 1 in 2,629
Best ever in a state: #165 in Alaska, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #356 | 6 | 1 in 1,338 |
| Washington | #363 | 20 | 1 in 1,662 |
| Oregon | #368 | 10 | 1 in 1,528 |
| Nevada | #430 | 6 | 1 in 1,936 |
| Wisconsin | #515 | 9 | 1 in 2,629 |
| Pennsylvania | #522 | 18 | 1 in 2,974 |
| Colorado | #548 | 9 | 1 in 2,829 |
| Kansas | #569 | 5 | 1 in 2,733 |
| California | #572 | 53 | 1 in 3,568 |
| Virginia | #589 | 12 | 1 in 3,199 |
| Kentucky | #597 | 6 | 1 in 3,297 |
| Massachusetts | #611 | 7 | 1 in 3,950 |
| Ohio | #615 | 15 | 1 in 3,540 |
| Arizona | #627 | 9 | 1 in 3,626 |
| Missouri | #642 | 8 | 1 in 3,497 |
| South Carolina | #656 | 6 | 1 in 3,417 |
| Illinois | #668 | 13 | 1 in 3,982 |
| Utah | #677 | 5 | 1 in 3,788 |
| New York | #692 | 20 | 1 in 4,359 |
| Maryland | #724 | 6 | 1 in 4,142 |
| Florida | #725 | 20 | 1 in 4,767 |
| Tennessee | #827 | 7 | 1 in 5,130 |
| Minnesota | #828 | 5 | 1 in 4,986 |
| North Carolina | #869 | 9 | 1 in 5,662 |
| New Jersey | #905 | 6 | 1 in 6,785 |
| Indiana | #950 | 5 | 1 in 6,445 |
| Texas | #1,002 | 23 | 1 in 7,770 |
| Michigan | #1,003 | 6 | 1 in 6,917 |
| Georgia | #1,010 | 8 | 1 in 6,404 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Westley
- 37 spots since 2024 (#656 → #619)
- 127 spots since 2020 (#746 → #619)
- 397 spots since 2015 (#1,016 → #619)
- Biggest jump: 357 spots in 1896 (#1,079 → #722)
- Biggest drop: 359 spots in 1901 (#699 → #1,058)
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1988 at #560 (271 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1983–1994
- Highest: 1 in 3,771 boys born in 2025 were named Westley (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #560 in 1988, was only 1 in 7,064 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.8% of all boys named Westley (2,304) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #921 (1887) | #921 |
| 1890s | 39 | #714 (1899) | #829 |
| 1900s | 77 | #699 (1900) | #908 |
| 1910s | 177 | #1,118 (1910) | #1,449 |
| 1920s | 251 | #1,235 (1923) | #1,537 |
| 1930s | 200 | #1,286 (1932) | #1,599 |
| 1940s | 274 | #1,015 (1948) | #1,357 |
| 1950s | 343 | #1,114 (1955) | #1,312 |
| 1960s | 382 | #1,017 (1968) | #1,270 |
| 1970s | 682 | #786 (1977) | #1,050 |
| 1980s | 1,371 | #560 (1988) | #843 |
| 1990s | 1,198 | #732 (1990) | #1,082 |
| 2000s | 809 | #1,433 (2002) | #1,686 |
| 2010s | 2,007 | #786 (2018) | #1,066 |
| 2020s | 2,304 | #619 (2025) | #695 |
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.
Westley in 2022
Top girls' names in 2022
Top boys' names in 2022
More about 2022
girls
1,640,131 girls got a published name in 2022; 1 in 328,026 of them was named Westley, which outranked 13.8% of the 17,760 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,454 names at #15,306; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 4,758 of them was named Westley, which outranked 95.0% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.