Wesleigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- WES-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Wesleigh is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “western clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Wesleigh mean?
English: spelling of Wesley, an English place-name surname
“western clearing”
A feminine-style spelling of Wesley, the surname of John Wesley, a founder of Methodism.
Is Wesleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Wesleigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wesleigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Wesleigh, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Wesleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wesleigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
Nicknames for Wesleigh
- Wes 376 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Wesleigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oakley Collins Willow Harper Sevyn Harlow Leighton Wrenley Miller Kinsley Blakely Londyn
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Grace Violet Daisy Poppy Riley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter Harrison
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, “Wesleigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wesleigh, updated 20 October 2026.