Wes
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Wes is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “western meadow”. In 2025 it ranked 715th for boys in the US (376 babies).
What does Wes mean?
English: short form of Wesley, an English place name and surname
“western meadow”
Short for Wesley, often given in honour of John Wesley, founder of Methodism.
- Say it
- WESS
Is Wes a girl's or a boy's name?
Wes is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 376 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wes in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #715among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 376about 1 in 4,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 376 boys in the US were named Wes, making it the 715th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 986th.
2025 had the most boys named Wes of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named Wes in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 384 boys in the US were given Wes or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #665, up from #715 for this spelling alone.
- Wes 376
- Wess 8
Wes in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 376 | #715 |
| 2024 | 346 | #743 |
| 2023 | 310 | #799 |
| 2022 | 315 | #797 |
| 2021 | 268 | #866 |
| 2020 | 216 | #986 |
| 2019 | 217 | #981 |
| 2018 | 191 | #1,059 |
| 2017 | 180 | #1,086 |
| 2016 | 160 | #1,183 |
| 2015 | 143 | #1,259 |
| 2014 | 122 | #1,389 |
| 2013 | 122 | #1,376 |
| 2012 | 94 | #1,636 |
| 2011 | 83 | #1,754 |
| 2010 | 85 | #1,759 |
| 2009 | 66 | #2,076 |
| 2008 | 75 | #1,916 |
| 2007 | 56 | #2,304 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,009 |
| 2005 | 49 | #2,361 |
| 2004 | 39 | #2,693 |
| 2003 | 37 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 33 | #2,813 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 28 | #2,848 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,600 |
| 1990 | 35 | #2,081 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,239 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,030 |
| 1987 | 29 | #2,053 |
| 1986 | 45 | #1,492 |
| 1985 | 40 | #1,593 |
| 1984 | 36 | #1,629 |
| 1983 | 45 | #1,398 |
| 1982 | 44 | #1,440 |
| 1981 | 40 | #1,519 |
| 1980 | 52 | #1,291 |
| 1979 | 57 | #1,206 |
| 1978 | 53 | #1,229 |
| 1977 | 67 | #1,054 |
| 1976 | 39 | #1,427 |
| 1975 | 36 | #1,478 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,244 |
| 1973 | 38 | #1,354 |
| 1972 | 66 | #993 |
| 1971 | 83 | #893 |
| 1970 | 87 | #861 |
| 1969 | 83 | #841 |
| 1968 | 76 | #834 |
| 1967 | 75 | #827 |
| 1966 | 95 | #755 |
| 1965 | 100 | #740 |
| 1964 | 127 | #684 |
| 1963 | 155 | #627 |
| 1962 | 130 | #678 |
| 1961 | 131 | #675 |
| 1960 | 138 | #668 |
| 1959 | 121 | #699 |
| 1958 | 96 | #754 |
| 1957 | 69 | #912 |
| 1956 | 34 | #1,316 |
| 1955 | 38 | #1,218 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,407 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,303 |
| 1952 | 24 | #1,546 |
| 1951 | 26 | #1,461 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1949 | 17 | #1,819 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,558 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,335 |
| 1946 | 21 | #1,556 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,405 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,889 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 7 | #764 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
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