Wesly

Boy · WESS-lee · English

Wesly is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “western meadow”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).

What does Wesly mean?

English: spelling of Weslee, itself a spelling of Wesley, an English place name and surname

“western meadow”

A modern spelling of Wesley, a surname taken from English places named for a western clearing or meadow.

Say it: WESS-lee

Meaning borrowed from Weslee.

Is Wesly a girl's or a boy's name?

Wesly is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Wesly in the US?

Rank in 2025: #6,442among boys
Babies in 2025: 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
Five-year trend: Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Wesly, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2002, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.

Half of all the boys named Wesly in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 72 boys in the US were given Wesly or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,784, up from #6,442 for this spelling alone.

Weslee 51
Wesly 13
Weslie 8

1915Busiest: 32 in 20022025

Wesly in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	13	#6,442
2024	6	#10,930
2023	14	#6,215
2022	8	#8,983
2021	14	#6,027
2020	9	#8,062
2019	15	#5,808
2018	19	#4,914
2017	9	#8,136
2016	21	#4,623
2015	7	#9,562
2014	17	#5,248
2013	17	#5,167
2012	21	#4,530
2011	21	#4,507
2010	13	#6,353
2009	29	#3,637
2008	19	#4,897
2007	21	#4,491
2006	25	#3,886
2005	28	#3,443
2004	29	#3,281
2003	29	#3,181
2002	32	#2,878
2001	19	#4,115
2000	18	#4,198
1999	15	#4,531
1998	27	#2,923
1997	24	#3,059
1996	17	#3,824
1995	25	#2,842
1994	24	#2,946
1993	23	#2,937
1992	29	#2,462
1991	23	#2,822
1990	15	#3,773
1989	29	#2,286
1988	27	#2,250
1987	24	#2,329
1986	23	#2,358
1985	30	#1,915
1984	24	#2,158
1983	21	#2,340
1982	26	#2,058
1981	25	#2,085
1980	15	#2,964
1979	21	#2,309
1978	17	#2,567
1977	20	#2,270
1976	17	#2,507
1975	7	#4,307
1974	8	#3,835
1973	11	#3,011
1972	11	#2,989
1971	7	#3,961
1970	8	#3,519
1969	11	#2,681
1968	15	#2,108
1967	12	#2,351
1966	10	#2,626
1965	8	#2,980
1964	5	#4,038
1963	5	#4,047
1962	14	#2,185
1961	10	#2,704
1960	10	#2,683
1959	14	#2,199
1958	6	#3,557
1957	10	#2,629
1956	7	#3,214
1955	5	#3,884
1954	10	#2,591
1953	5	#3,796
1952	12	#2,250
1951	6	#3,362
1950	0	–
1949	9	#2,605
1948	5	#3,665
1947	11	#2,355
1946	0	–
1945	7	#2,742
1944	0	–
1943	0	–
1942	7	#2,939
1941	9	#2,491
1940	0	–
1939	0	–
1938	10	#2,326
1937	0	–
1936	0	–
1935	5	#3,644
1934	7	#2,972
1933	5	#3,640
1932	6	#3,360
1931	6	#3,389
1930	8	#3,020
1929	12	#2,316
1928	10	#2,659
1927	10	#2,702
1926	10	#2,723
1925	5	#4,195
1924	7	#3,504
1923	5	#4,236
1922	9	#3,013
1921	6	#3,867
1920	0	–
1919	11	#2,510
1918	5	#4,178
1917	5	#3,979
1916	0	–
1915	8	#2,828

Nicknames for Wesly

Wes 376 boys in the US in 2025

Names like Wesly

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Wyatt Weston Westley Tyler Sonny Zachary Colby Andy Hunter Jeremy Rocky Jackson

Other spellings of Wesly

Weslee Weslie

Names related to Wesly

Wesley

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