Wells
Boy
Wells is a boys' name, meaning “spring”. In 2025 it ranked 345th for boys in the US (944 babies).
What does Wells mean?
“spring”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Wells a girl's or a boy's name?
Wells is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls and 944 boys in the US.
How popular is Wells in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 4 boys.
Wells in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
How popular is Wells in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #345among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 944about 1 in 1,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 96% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 944 boys in the US were named Wells, making it the 345th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 545th. It first appears in the records in 1881. 14 girls were also named Wells in 2025 (7,489th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 17 years. 2025 had the most boys named Wells of any year since it first appeared, in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Wells in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wells in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 944 | #345 |
| 2024 | 869 | #377 |
| 2023 | 696 | #447 |
| 2022 | 659 | #467 |
| 2021 | 621 | #482 |
| 2020 | 521 | #545 |
| 2019 | 432 | #626 |
| 2018 | 327 | #730 |
| 2017 | 233 | #916 |
| 2016 | 124 | #1,413 |
| 2015 | 89 | #1,729 |
| 2014 | 88 | #1,714 |
| 2013 | 60 | #2,181 |
| 2012 | 51 | #2,447 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,045 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,376 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,043 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,110 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,942 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 14 | #1,948 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 14 | #1,985 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,385 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,333 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,818 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,197 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 15 | #1,860 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,843 |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,821 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,692 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,074 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,192 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 27 | #1,434 |
| 1921 | 37 | #1,178 |
| 1920 | 18 | #1,885 |
| 1919 | 26 | #1,407 |
| 1918 | 17 | #1,904 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,692 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,548 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,409 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,023 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
Names like Wells
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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