Westen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WESS-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,235 for boys
Westen is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “western settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 1,235th for boys in the US (162 babies).
What does Westen mean?
English: spelling of Weston, an English place name and surname
“western settlement”
A spelling of Weston, a surname from the many English villages of that name.
Is Westen a girl's or a boy's name?
Westen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 162 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Westen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,235among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 162about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 81% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 162 boys in the US were named Westen, making it the 1,235th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,833rd. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had the most boys named Westen of any year since it first appeared, in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Westen in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 929 boys in the US were given Westen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #365, up from #1,235 for this spelling alone.
Westen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 162 | #1,235 |
| 2024 | 134 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 117 | #1,508 |
| 2022 | 123 | #1,468 |
| 2021 | 125 | #1,442 |
| 2020 | 81 | #1,833 |
| 2019 | 74 | #1,973 |
| 2018 | 73 | #1,993 |
| 2017 | 77 | #1,883 |
| 2016 | 62 | #2,184 |
| 2015 | 78 | #1,870 |
| 2014 | 75 | #1,919 |
| 2013 | 93 | #1,635 |
| 2012 | 85 | #1,755 |
| 2011 | 63 | #2,104 |
| 2010 | 69 | #1,985 |
| 2009 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2008 | 41 | #2,878 |
| 2007 | 35 | #3,186 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 17 | #4,470 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
Nicknames for Westen
- Wes 376 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Westen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wilder Easton Holden Hudson Stetson Colson Boston Jensen Wesson Wyatt Bowen Kingston
Other spellings of Westen
Names related to Westen
More English names
Lily Evelyn Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
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, “Westen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/westen, updated 20 October 2026.