Weslie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- WESS-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,326 for girls
Weslie is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “western meadow”. In 2025 it ranked 2,326th for girls in the US (78 babies).
What does Weslie mean?
English: spelling of Wesley, an English place name and surname
“western meadow”
A feminine-style spelling of Wesley, influenced by names ending in -ie.
Is Weslie a girl's or a boy's name?
Weslie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 78 girls and 8 boys in the US.
How popular is Weslie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,326among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 78about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 192% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 78 girls in the US were named Weslie, making it the 2,326th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 83 girls. It first appears in the records in 1943. 8 boys were also named Weslie in 2025 (8,906th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Weslie in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 94 girls in the US were given Weslie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,772, up from #2,326 for this spelling alone.
- Weslie 78
- Weslee 16
Weslie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | #2,326 |
| 2024 | 83 | #2,248 |
| 2023 | 61 | #2,789 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 2021 | 54 | #3,037 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,356 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
Nicknames for Weslie
- Wes 376 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Weslie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Scottie Ellie Marlowe Willow Miller Harlow Winslow Journee Harper Oakley Winter Leighton
Other spellings of Weslie
Names related to Weslie
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, “Weslie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/weslie, updated 20 October 2026.