Westlee
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WEST-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Westlee is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “western meadow”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Westlee mean?
English: spelling of Westly, itself a variant of Wesley, an English place name and surname
“western meadow”
Wesley spread as a first name in honour of John Wesley (1703-1791), founder of Methodism.
Meaning borrowed from Westly.
Is Westlee a girl's or a boy's name?
Westlee is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Westlee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Westlee, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had fewer boys named Westlee than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Westlee in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 474 boys in the US were given Westlee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #584, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Westlee in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
Nicknames for Westlee
- Wes 376 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Westlee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wilder, Wylder, Walker, Wesson, Hudson, Beckett, Shepherd, Wyatt, Archer, Easton, Stetson, Colson
Other spellings of Westlee
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, “Westlee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/westlee, updated 20 October 2026.