Wesley
Boy · WEZ-lee · English
Wesley is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “west meadow”. In 2025 it ranked 589th for boys in the UK (72 babies) and 52nd for boys in the US (5,578 babies).
What does Wesley mean?
English: from a surname and place name
“west meadow”
Often given in honour of John Wesley, the 18th-century founder of Methodism, and his hymn-writing brother Charles.
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- WEZ-lee
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Is Wesley a girl's or a boy's name?
Wesley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 72 boys in the UK and 101 girls and 5,578 boys in the US.
How popular is Wesley in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #589among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 72about 1 in 4,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 72 boys in the UK were named Wesley, making it the 589th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 675th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 187 boys.
Half of all the boys named Wesley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 539th in England and Wales.
Wesley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #589 |
| 2024 | 74 | #574 |
| 2023 | 60 | #657 |
| 2022 | 65 | #630 |
| 2021 | 62 | #654 |
| 2020 | 57 | #675 |
| 2019 | 53 | #706 |
| 2018 | 43 | #826 |
| 2017 | 55 | #704 |
| 2016 | 62 | #640 |
| 2015 | 77 | #556 |
| 2014 | 55 | #673 |
| 2013 | 53 | #699 |
| 2012 | 68 | #582 |
| 2011 | 66 | #578 |
| 2010 | 65 | #579 |
| 2009 | 76 | #512 |
| 2008 | 69 | #547 |
| 2007 | 100 | #404 |
| 2006 | 94 | #404 |
| 2005 | 96 | #360 |
| 2004 | 125 | #289 |
| 2003 | 116 | #294 |
| 2002 | 133 | #250 |
| 2001 | 115 | #275 |
| 2000 | 131 | #246 |
| 1999 | 137 | #244 |
| 1998 | 161 | #225 |
| 1997 | 142 | #244 |
| 1996 | 187 | #195 |
How popular is Wesley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #52among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5,578about 1 in 310 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 4.5%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5,578 boys in the US were named Wesley, making it the 52nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 98th. 101 girls were also named Wesley in 2025 (1,911th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Wesley of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named Wesley in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wesley in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,578 | #52 |
| 2024 | 5,162 | #58 |
| 2023 | 4,555 | #69 |
| 2022 | 4,668 | #70 |
| 2021 | 4,216 | #85 |
| 2020 | 3,706 | #98 |
| 2019 | 3,764 | #99 |
| 2018 | 3,628 | #105 |
| 2017 | 3,577 | #111 |
| 2016 | 3,429 | #117 |
| 2015 | 3,233 | #126 |
| 2014 | 3,143 | #130 |
| 2013 | 2,837 | #139 |
| 2012 | 2,649 | #155 |
| 2011 | 2,476 | #156 |
| 2010 | 2,431 | #159 |
| 2009 | 2,211 | #176 |
| 2008 | 2,067 | #193 |
| 2007 | 2,064 | #195 |
| 2006 | 2,103 | #190 |
| 2005 | 2,113 | #189 |
| 2004 | 2,108 | #184 |
| 2003 | 2,123 | #184 |
| 2002 | 2,051 | #183 |
| 2001 | 2,028 | #184 |
| 2000 | 2,216 | #171 |
| 1999 | 2,207 | #168 |
| 1998 | 2,242 | #152 |
| 1997 | 2,358 | #144 |
| 1996 | 2,616 | #137 |
| 1995 | 2,798 | #129 |
| 1994 | 3,031 | #118 |
| 1993 | 3,172 | #113 |
| 1992 | 3,239 | #111 |
| 1991 | 3,267 | #106 |
| 1990 | 3,316 | #107 |
| 1989 | 3,457 | #98 |
| 1988 | 3,478 | #92 |
| 1987 | 3,244 | #92 |
| 1986 | 3,043 | #96 |
| 1985 | 3,043 | #94 |
| 1984 | 2,799 | #101 |
| 1983 | 2,788 | #101 |
| 1982 | 3,031 | #98 |
| 1981 | 3,040 | #99 |
| 1980 | 3,165 | #95 |
| 1979 | 3,237 | #89 |
| 1978 | 3,306 | #83 |
| 1977 | 4,302 | #66 |
| 1976 | 2,147 | #119 |
| 1975 | 1,531 | #158 |
| 1974 | 1,467 | #165 |
| 1973 | 1,554 | #158 |
| 1972 | 1,690 | #154 |
| 1971 | 1,959 | #151 |
| 1970 | 2,059 | #152 |
| 1969 | 1,861 | #157 |
| 1968 | 1,642 | #165 |
| 1967 | 1,587 | #167 |
| 1966 | 1,803 | #157 |
| 1965 | 1,860 | #160 |
| 1964 | 1,969 | #162 |
| 1963 | 2,100 | #157 |
| 1962 | 1,963 | #162 |
| 1961 | 2,002 | #163 |
| 1960 | 2,020 | #164 |
| 1959 | 2,000 | #160 |
| 1958 | 1,954 | #160 |
| 1957 | 1,993 | #160 |
| 1956 | 2,004 | #157 |
| 1955 | 1,925 | #151 |
| 1954 | 1,844 | #155 |
| 1953 | 1,733 | #159 |
| 1952 | 1,594 | #165 |
| 1951 | 1,500 | #171 |
| 1950 | 1,527 | #165 |
| 1949 | 1,406 | #166 |
| 1948 | 1,336 | #169 |
| 1947 | 1,459 | #163 |
| 1946 | 1,248 | #167 |
| 1945 | 1,107 | #162 |
| 1944 | 1,169 | #159 |
| 1943 | 1,267 | #155 |
| 1942 | 1,253 | #155 |
| 1941 | 1,091 | #158 |
| 1940 | 1,129 | #152 |
| 1939 | 1,113 | #146 |
| 1938 | 1,074 | #150 |
| 1937 | 1,065 | #146 |
| 1936 | 1,061 | #145 |
| 1935 | 1,040 | #148 |
| 1934 | 1,118 | #142 |
| 1933 | 1,030 | #147 |
| 1932 | 1,135 | #144 |
| 1931 | 1,115 | #143 |
| 1930 | 1,186 | #142 |
| 1929 | 1,182 | #143 |
| 1928 | 1,181 | #143 |
| 1927 | 1,324 | #134 |
| 1926 | 1,320 | #131 |
| 1925 | 1,265 | #135 |
| 1924 | 1,347 | #131 |
| 1923 | 1,379 | #125 |
| 1922 | 1,287 | #127 |
| 1921 | 1,332 | #127 |
| 1920 | 1,244 | #129 |
| 1919 | 1,099 | #135 |
| 1918 | 1,145 | #137 |
| 1917 | 1,014 | #136 |
| 1916 | 1,026 | #135 |
| 1915 | 990 | #133 |
| 1914 | 789 | #131 |
| 1913 | 585 | #133 |
| 1912 | 485 | #134 |
| 1911 | 261 | #131 |
| 1910 | 209 | #152 |
| 1909 | 197 | #136 |
| 1908 | 185 | #135 |
| 1907 | 191 | #125 |
| 1906 | 155 | #135 |
| 1905 | 174 | #123 |
| 1904 | 166 | #127 |
| 1903 | 153 | #126 |
| 1902 | 145 | #133 |
| 1901 | 146 | #115 |
| 1900 | 181 | #127 |
| 1899 | 119 | #134 |
| 1898 | 151 | #123 |
| 1897 | 121 | #134 |
| 1896 | 145 | #120 |
| 1895 | 156 | #112 |
| 1894 | 149 | #113 |
| 1893 | 136 | #119 |
| 1892 | 142 | #120 |
| 1891 | 115 | #120 |
| 1890 | 131 | #117 |
| 1889 | 101 | #144 |
| 1888 | 147 | #113 |
| 1887 | 115 | #116 |
| 1886 | 121 | #120 |
| 1885 | 108 | #128 |
| 1884 | 120 | #121 |
| 1883 | 104 | #122 |
| 1882 | 145 | #101 |
| 1881 | 102 | #117 |
| 1880 | 123 | #109 |
Nicknames for Wesley
- Wes 376 boys in the US in 2025
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