How Many People Are Named Wells?
people named Wells are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 52,461 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,164 babies named Wells in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
958 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Wells, 2.7% were girls and 97.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Wells alive today is about 7 years old, and 94% are under 30. Half of them were between 1 and 7 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Wells first appears in the records in 1881, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 958 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Wells has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #347, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #347.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #347 |
| Best rank | #347 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #437 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Wells alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Wells were born in Texas than in any other state: about 500 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Wells was given 5 times as often in Utah, 2.5 times in South Carolina and 2.4 times in Nebraska.
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