West
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WEST
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,252 for boys
West is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “west”. In 2025 it ranked 1,252nd for boys in the US (159 babies).
What does West mean?
English: English word and surname
“west”
From the compass direction, also an English surname for someone who lived to the west of a settlement.
Is West a girl's or a boy's name?
West is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 159 boys in the US.
How popular is West in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,252nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 159 about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 159 boys in the US were named West, making it the 1,252nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,833rd. 8 girls were also named West in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named West of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named West in the US since 1880 were born between 1935 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
West in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 159 | #1,252 |
| 2024 | 145 | #1,324 |
| 2023 | 87 | #1,832 |
| 2022 | 130 | #1,414 |
| 2021 | 90 | #1,770 |
| 2020 | 81 | #1,833 |
| 2019 | 98 | #1,652 |
| 2018 | 82 | #1,837 |
| 2017 | 80 | #1,844 |
| 2016 | 72 | #1,991 |
| 2015 | 76 | #1,910 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,228 |
| 2013 | 78 | #1,826 |
| 2012 | 74 | #1,922 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,144 |
| 2010 | 52 | #2,401 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,202 |
| 2008 | 42 | #2,827 |
| 2007 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2006 | 42 | #2,743 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,024 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,356 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 18 | #2,576 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 24 | #2,137 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,361 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 19 | #2,125 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,793 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 19 | #1,835 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,042 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,116 |
| 1961 | 17 | #1,996 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,209 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,032 |
| 1958 | 19 | #1,837 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1956 | 18 | #1,885 |
| 1955 | 16 | #1,978 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 19 | #1,764 |
| 1952 | 21 | #1,664 |
| 1951 | 18 | #1,773 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,701 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 15 | #1,987 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,405 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,889 |
| 1943 | 16 | #1,832 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,799 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,821 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 18 | #1,578 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,613 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,587 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,757 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,725 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,707 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,753 |
| 1929 | 17 | #1,848 |
| 1928 | 21 | #1,647 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,198 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,432 |
| 1925 | 29 | #1,360 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,414 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 27 | #1,434 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,475 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,348 |
| 1919 | 30 | #1,297 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,312 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,586 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,458 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,504 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,388 |
| 1913 | 28 | #930 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,023 |
| 1911 | 14 | #895 |
| 1910 | 19 | #677 |
| 1909 | 12 | #840 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1907 | 12 | #778 |
| 1906 | 9 | #852 |
| 1905 | 13 | #666 |
| 1904 | 13 | #647 |
| 1903 | 9 | #783 |
| 1902 | 12 | #650 |
| 1901 | 11 | #637 |
| 1900 | 13 | #698 |
| 1899 | 8 | #786 |
| 1898 | 16 | #523 |
| 1897 | 8 | #786 |
| 1896 | 11 | #674 |
| 1895 | 11 | #640 |
| 1894 | 9 | #729 |
| 1893 | 11 | #615 |
| 1892 | 12 | #596 |
| 1891 | 12 | #524 |
| 1890 | 13 | #533 |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 12 | #580 |
| 1887 | 9 | #631 |
| 1886 | 21 | #383 |
| 1885 | 10 | #604 |
| 1884 | 19 | #416 |
| 1883 | 11 | #556 |
| 1882 | 11 | #576 |
| 1881 | 15 | #442 |
| 1880 | 13 | #505 |
Names like West
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
King, August, Ford, Fletcher, Emmett, Miller, Watson, Walker, Wilson, Porter, Prince, Otto
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “West: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/west, updated 20 October 2026.