Wellington
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WEL-ing-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Wellington is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Wellington mean?
English: surname from English place names in Somerset and Shropshire
Associated with Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815.
Is Wellington a girl's or a boy's name?
Wellington is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wellington in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,248th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Wellington, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,805th. Its busiest year was 1922, with 60 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Wellington than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Wellington in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wellington in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,627 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,073 |
| 2020 | 43 | #2,805 |
| 2019 | 43 | #2,850 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,507 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,080 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,292 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 26 | #1,506 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1964 | 17 | #1,974 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 21 | #1,777 |
| 1960 | 20 | #1,811 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 18 | #1,886 |
| 1956 | 17 | #1,944 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1953 | 26 | #1,479 |
| 1952 | 16 | #1,938 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,903 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,700 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,433 |
| 1948 | 18 | #1,757 |
| 1947 | 22 | #1,598 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,408 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,535 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 1942 | 26 | #1,358 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,795 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,521 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,723 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,453 |
| 1934 | 28 | #1,266 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,405 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,584 |
| 1931 | 33 | #1,194 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,399 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,731 |
| 1928 | 33 | #1,254 |
| 1927 | 27 | #1,436 |
| 1926 | 37 | #1,174 |
| 1925 | 39 | #1,121 |
| 1924 | 53 | #960 |
| 1923 | 42 | #1,101 |
| 1922 | 60 | #891 |
| 1921 | 46 | #1,026 |
| 1920 | 58 | #903 |
| 1919 | 48 | #973 |
| 1918 | 57 | #882 |
| 1917 | 58 | #839 |
| 1916 | 46 | #939 |
| 1915 | 42 | #962 |
| 1914 | 32 | #986 |
| 1913 | 25 | #995 |
| 1912 | 24 | #918 |
| 1911 | 17 | #792 |
| 1910 | 11 | #980 |
| 1909 | 19 | #615 |
| 1908 | 12 | #779 |
| 1907 | 12 | #778 |
| 1906 | 9 | #852 |
| 1905 | 8 | #918 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1903 | 7 | #910 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 9 | #901 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 8 | #786 |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 9 | #729 |
| 1893 | 13 | #538 |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
| 1891 | 14 | #476 |
| 1890 | 8 | #739 |
| 1889 | 6 | #878 |
| 1888 | 9 | #704 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 8 | #694 |
| 1885 | 11 | #577 |
| 1884 | 10 | #613 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 8 | #691 |
| 1881 | 13 | #487 |
| 1880 | 12 | #526 |
Names like Wellington
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wilson, Emerson, Watson, Anderson, Harrison, Warren, Jefferson, Judson, William, Nelson, Everett, Walter
Names related to Wellington
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, “Wellington: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wellington, updated 20 October 2026.