Wess
Boy
Wess is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
Is Wess a girl's or a boy's name?
Wess is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wess in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Wess, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1965, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1883.
Half of all the boys named Wess in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 384 boys in the US were given Wess or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #665, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
- Wes 376
- Wess 8
Wess in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,790 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 13 | #2,299 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 13 | #2,321 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 7 | #814 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 7 | #720 |
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