Wes Boy
How popular is Wes?
#715 boy name in 2025
376 baby boys were named Wes in the US in 2025, making it the 715th most popular boy name.
Wes popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #715 for boys (▲ 28 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 376 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+163% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,259 in 2015, #986 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (376 boys) |
| Highest rank | #627 in 1963 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Wes counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Wes family of names ranked #673 for boys in 2025 (#703 the year before), with 384 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Wes | 376 | 98% |
| Wess | 8 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Wes is most popular
Babies named Wes per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 0.7 per 1,000 (63 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.6 per 1,000 (57 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.5 per 1,000 (64 boys)
- Idaho: 0.4 per 1,000 (17 boys)
- Minnesota: 0.3 per 1,000 (42 boys)
Wes by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | #764 |
| 1910s | 19 | #2,270 |
| 1920s | 39 | #3,706 |
| 1930s | 51 | #2,050 |
| 1940s | 160 | #1,335 |
| 1950s | 485 | #699 |
| 1960s | 1,110 | #627 |
| 1970s | 571 | #861 |
| 1980s | 392 | #1,291 |
| 1990s | 228 | #2,081 |
| 2000s | 480 | #1,916 |
| 2010s | 1,397 | #981 |
| 2020s | 1,831 | #715 |
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Questions
- Is Wes a boy or girl name?
- Wes is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Wes were boys.
- How popular is the name Wes?
- 376 baby boys were named Wes in the US in 2025, making it the 715th most popular boy name.
- When was Wes most popular?
- Wes peaked in 2025, when 376 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #627 in 1963.
- How many people are named Wes?
- 6,786 babies have been named Wes in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,148 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Wes most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Wes was most common in Utah, at 0.7 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.