Wensley
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WENZ-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Wensley is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “Woden's clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Wensley mean?
English: place name, from Old English Wōdnes lēah
“Woden's clearing”
The Yorkshire village of Wensley gave its name to Wensleydale, famous for its cheese.
Is Wensley a girl's or a boy's name?
Wensley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wensley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 292% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Wensley, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. It first appears in the records in 2014.
2025 had the most boys named Wensley of any year since it first appeared, in 2014.
Half of all the boys named Wensley in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wensley in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
Names like Wensley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wilder, Wylder, Oakley, Bentley, Huxley, Wesson, Shepherd, Whitley, Walker, Archer, Baker, Beckett
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Wensley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wensley, updated 20 October 2026.