Westyn
- #9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births
- #723 for boys in 2025, 371 births
- Given to boys 93.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 371 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,113since 1989
Westyn over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 | #723 | 371 |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 | #785 | 320 |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 | #799 | 310 |
| 2022 | #6,464 | 18 | #929 | 248 |
| 2021 | #5,955 | 20 | #1,076 | 197 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | #1,297 | 139 |
| 2019 | #5,798 | 21 | #1,144 | 170 |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 | #1,122 | 172 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | #1,153 | 164 |
| 2016 | #5,796 | 22 | #1,339 | 133 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #1,396 | 123 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | #1,355 | 126 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | #1,468 | 112 |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | #1,535 | 104 |
| 2011 | — | #1,587 | 97 | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #2,057 | 66 |
| 2009 | — | #2,231 | 59 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,467 | 51 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,996 | 18 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,602 | 28 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,034 | 16 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,492 | 14 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,258 | 11 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,088 | 11 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #7,416 | 8 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | #6,496 | 8 | |
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| 1992 | — | #8,435 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1989
The first year at least five boys were named Westyn! It came in at #7,905, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1989–1995, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Westyn is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Kentucky#253 · 1 in 978
- West Virginia#254 · 1 in 880
- Nebraska#293 · 1 in 1,102
- Oklahoma#311 · 1 in 1,179
- Iowa#346 · 1 in 1,383
Best ever in a state: #247 in North Dakota, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #253 | 21 | 1 in 978 |
| West Virginia | #254 | 7 | 1 in 880 |
| Nebraska | #293 | 8 | 1 in 1,102 |
| Oklahoma | #311 | 15 | 1 in 1,179 |
| Iowa | #346 | 10 | 1 in 1,383 |
| Mississippi | #370 | 8 | 1 in 1,355 |
| Indiana | #412 | 17 | 1 in 1,863 |
| Arkansas | #444 | 7 | 1 in 1,798 |
| Louisiana | #450 | 10 | 1 in 1,913 |
| Ohio | #470 | 22 | 1 in 2,388 |
| Alabama | #525 | 9 | 1 in 2,391 |
| Oregon | #529 | 6 | 1 in 2,510 |
| Michigan | #540 | 15 | 1 in 2,680 |
| Tennessee | #592 | 12 | 1 in 3,064 |
| Washington | #639 | 10 | 1 in 3,280 |
| South Carolina | #668 | 6 | 1 in 3,533 |
| Illinois | #677 | 13 | 1 in 3,812 |
| Texas | #749 | 36 | 1 in 4,863 |
| Georgia | #756 | 12 | 1 in 4,185 |
| North Carolina | #775 | 11 | 1 in 4,679 |
| New York | #798 | 17 | 1 in 4,966 |
| Florida | #846 | 17 | 1 in 5,620 |
| Pennsylvania | #846 | 9 | 1 in 5,807 |
| Missouri | #869 | 5 | 1 in 5,562 |
| Virginia | #971 | 6 | 1 in 6,209 |
| California | #1,438 | 12 | 1 in 14,623 |
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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 Westyn
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 574 spots since 2020 (#1,297 → #723)
- Biggest jump: 147 spots in 2022
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1989
- Peaked 2025 at #723 (371 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 2022–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,604
- Highest: 1 in 4,604 boys born in 2025 were named Westyn (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 50.9% of all boys named Westyn (1,585) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | #7,905 (1989) | #7,905 |
| 1990s | 31 | #6,496 (1996) | #8,109 |
| 2000s | 225 | #2,231 (2009) | #5,052 |
| 2010s | 1,267 | #1,122 (2018) | #1,416 |
| 2020s | 1,585 | #723 (2025) | #935 |
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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