Wes

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Wes is ranked 744th among boys in 2024 (345 births). Its best rank was 629th, in 1963.

Rank in 2024: #744up 55 from 2023
Births in 2024: 3450.02% of boys
Peak year: 2024345 births
Best rank: #629in 1963
Since 1880: 6,408people given the name

Babies named Wes, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

6,408 boys have been named Wes in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 345 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2020s alone account for 23%. It has spent 24 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Wes
1880s	23
1910s	19
1920s	39
1930s	51
1940s	160
1950s	485
1960s	1,110
1970s	571
1980s	392
1990s	228
2000s	480
2010s	1,396
2020s	1,454

In 2024, its biggest year

Wes was the 744th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Wes

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.