Wesson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WES-un
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #917 for boys
Wesson is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 917th for boys in the US (257 babies).
What does Wesson mean?
English: English surname
Best known from the American gunmakers Smith & Wesson, co-founded by Daniel B. Wesson.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Wesson a girl's or a boy's name?
Wesson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 257 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wesson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #917among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 257about 1 in 6,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 257 boys in the US were named Wesson, making it the 917th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 850th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 306 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Wesson in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wesson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 257 | #917 |
| 2024 | 241 | #950 |
| 2023 | 238 | #949 |
| 2022 | 251 | #921 |
| 2021 | 306 | #800 |
| 2020 | 268 | #850 |
| 2019 | 240 | #915 |
| 2018 | 236 | #912 |
| 2017 | 242 | #890 |
| 2016 | 205 | #993 |
| 2015 | 185 | #1,070 |
| 2014 | 158 | #1,179 |
| 2013 | 103 | #1,540 |
| 2012 | 87 | #1,728 |
| 2011 | 63 | #2,104 |
| 2010 | 35 | #3,180 |
| 2009 | 42 | #2,846 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
Nicknames for Wesson
- Wes 376 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Wesson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wilder Colson Wylder Axton Hudson Brixton Jaxton Easton Kingston Stetson Shepherd Boston
More English names
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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, “Wesson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wesson, updated 20 October 2026.