How Many People Are Named Weston?

73,362

people named Weston are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 4,658 people in the US has this name

Based on 76,027 babies named Weston in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#697

💎 Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#306

See the top 100

Peak Year

2025

5,490 births

Trend

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Rising (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: WES-tən
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From a surname which was derived from a place name meaning "west town" in Old English.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.2%
Male
99.8%

Almost all of the babies given the name Weston (99.8%) were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Weston alive today is about 13 years old, and 88% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 16 in 2025.

Under 30 64,618
88.1%
30 to 59 8,017
10.9%
60 and over 728
1%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Weston first appears in the records in 1882, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 5,490 babies.

Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Weston never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #55, in 2025, and it was in the top 100 for 5 years, 2021 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #55.

Boys
Rank in 2025#55
Best rank#55 (2025)
Years in the top 1005 (2021 to 2025)
Rank in its biggest decade#135 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Weston alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Weston were born in Texas than in any other state: about 6,602 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Weston was given 3.2 times as often in Wyoming, 2.7 times in Montana and 2.5 times in Idaho.

Texas 6,602
California 5,479
Ohio 3,401
Pennsylvania 2,750
Florida 2,718
North Carolina 2,625
Michigan 2,468
Tennessee 2,402
Georgia 2,168
Missouri 2,143
Utah 2,098
Indiana 2,066
Illinois 1,987
Minnesota 1,892
Washington 1,844
Wisconsin 1,789
Colorado 1,691
New York 1,680
Kentucky 1,674
Arizona 1,506
Virginia 1,480
Oklahoma 1,447
Alabama 1,273
Kansas 1,184
Iowa 1,160
Oregon 1,154
Arkansas 1,146
South Carolina 1,141
Louisiana 1,057
Idaho 885
Mississippi 772
Massachusetts 765
Maryland 752
Nebraska 713
New Jersey 641
West Virginia 509
Montana 451
North Dakota 417
Connecticut 417
Nevada 416
South Dakota 391
New Hampshire 302
Maine 273
New Mexico 258
Wyoming 230
Alaska 143
Vermont 139
Delaware 125
Rhode Island 98
Hawaii 37
District of Columbia 10

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