West
West is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 143 births. Its best rank was 396th, in 1886.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1430.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2024143 births
- Best rank
- #396in 1886
- Since 1880
- 3,530people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,530 boys have been named West in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 143 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 2010s alone account for 21%. It has spent 32 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named West | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 128 | |
| 1890s | 111 | |
| 1900s | 112 | |
| 1910s | 224 | |
| 1920s | 254 | |
| 1930s | 165 | |
| 1940s | 153 | |
| 1950s | 171 | |
| 1960s | 151 | |
| 1970s | 148 | |
| 1980s | 166 | |
| 1990s | 173 | |
| 2000s | 311 | |
| 2010s | 733 | |
| 2020s | 530 |
In 2024, its biggest year
West was outside the top 1,000 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 West
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Abnerpeak 2024
- Enochpeak 2023
- Emmetpeak 2015
- Smithpeak 2016
- Augustuspeak 2024
- Luciuspeak 2022
- Ransompeak 2022
- Eliepeak 2009
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.