Weller
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WEL-er
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,390 for boys
Weller is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,390th for boys in the US (57 babies).
What does Weller mean?
English: English surname
Sam Weller is Mr Pickwick's quick-witted servant in Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers.
Is Weller a girl's or a boy's name?
Weller is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 57 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Weller in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,390among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 57about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 294% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 57 boys in the US were named Weller, making it the 2,390th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. It first appears in the records in 2018.
2025 had the most boys named Weller of any year since it first appeared, in 2018.
Half of all the boys named Weller in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Weller in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #2,390 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,044 |
| 2023 | 29 | #3,799 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
Names like Weller
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wilder Wylder Archer Walker Baker Ledger Miller Wesson Winter Brewer Teller Shepherd
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Weller: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/weller, updated 20 October 2026.