How Many People Are Named Wes?
people named Wes are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 55,920 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,786 babies named Wes in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
376 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of WESLEY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Wes in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Wes alive today is about 26 years old, and 62% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 53 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Wes first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 376 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Wes has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #630, in 1963. In 2025 it ranked #716.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #716 |
| Best rank | #630 (1963) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #807 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Wes alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Wes were born in California than in any other state: about 747 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Wes was given 3 times as often in Utah, 2.4 times in Louisiana and 2.1 times in Massachusetts.
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