Westley
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WEST-lee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #619 for boys
Westley is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “western meadow”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 619th for boys in the US (453 babies).
What does Westley mean?
English: variant of Wesley, an English place name and surname
“western meadow”
Westley is the farm boy turned Dread Pirate Roberts in William Goldman's The Princess Bride (1973).
Is Westley a girl's or a boy's name?
Westley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 9 girls and 453 boys in the US.
How popular is Westley in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Westley, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
2025 had the most boys named Westley of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Westley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Westley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Westley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #619among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 453about 1 in 3,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 453 boys in the US were named Westley, making it the 619th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 746th. It first appears in the records in 1887. 9 girls were also named Westley in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the most boys named Westley of any year since it first appeared, in 1887.
Half of all the boys named Westley in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 474 boys in the US were given Westley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #584, up from #619 for this spelling alone.
Westley in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 453 | #619 |
| 2024 | 419 | #656 |
| 2023 | 400 | #679 |
| 2022 | 367 | #718 |
| 2021 | 340 | #750 |
| 2020 | 325 | #746 |
| 2019 | 291 | #793 |
| 2018 | 291 | #786 |
| 2017 | 262 | #843 |
| 2016 | 239 | #903 |
| 2015 | 200 | #1,016 |
| 2014 | 174 | #1,097 |
| 2013 | 186 | #1,035 |
| 2012 | 140 | #1,258 |
| 2011 | 116 | #1,425 |
| 2010 | 108 | #1,503 |
| 2009 | 109 | #1,517 |
| 2008 | 105 | #1,532 |
| 2007 | 89 | #1,700 |
| 2006 | 81 | #1,724 |
| 2005 | 79 | #1,688 |
| 2004 | 65 | #1,876 |
| 2003 | 69 | #1,746 |
| 2002 | 90 | #1,430 |
| 2001 | 57 | #1,908 |
| 2000 | 65 | #1,721 |
| 1999 | 89 | #1,339 |
| 1998 | 91 | #1,298 |
| 1997 | 79 | #1,383 |
| 1996 | 80 | #1,345 |
| 1995 | 109 | #1,078 |
| 1994 | 131 | #960 |
| 1993 | 126 | #956 |
| 1992 | 147 | #868 |
| 1991 | 152 | #837 |
| 1990 | 194 | #729 |
| 1989 | 231 | #654 |
| 1988 | 271 | #560 |
| 1987 | 208 | #635 |
| 1986 | 148 | #747 |
| 1985 | 94 | #939 |
| 1984 | 79 | #999 |
| 1983 | 83 | #967 |
| 1982 | 76 | #1,039 |
| 1981 | 97 | #906 |
| 1980 | 84 | #982 |
| 1979 | 69 | #1,070 |
| 1978 | 105 | #836 |
| 1977 | 118 | #786 |
| 1976 | 65 | #1,030 |
| 1975 | 52 | #1,170 |
| 1974 | 53 | #1,124 |
| 1973 | 53 | #1,123 |
| 1972 | 41 | #1,307 |
| 1971 | 66 | #998 |
| 1970 | 60 | #1,051 |
| 1969 | 45 | #1,168 |
| 1968 | 53 | #1,017 |
| 1967 | 31 | #1,363 |
| 1966 | 44 | #1,116 |
| 1965 | 31 | #1,385 |
| 1964 | 38 | #1,262 |
| 1963 | 28 | #1,484 |
| 1962 | 41 | #1,214 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,249 |
| 1960 | 31 | #1,433 |
| 1959 | 32 | #1,386 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,676 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,233 |
| 1956 | 44 | #1,139 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,113 |
| 1954 | 39 | #1,199 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,303 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,294 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,394 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,347 |
| 1948 | 48 | #1,014 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,335 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 1945 | 25 | #1,326 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,524 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,307 |
| 1942 | 28 | #1,316 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,485 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,433 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,489 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,613 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,481 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,184 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,422 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,783 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,644 |
| 1932 | 28 | #1,286 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,693 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,399 |
| 1929 | 17 | #1,848 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,048 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,372 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,466 |
| 1925 | 32 | #1,279 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,414 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,235 |
| 1922 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,475 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,642 |
| 1919 | 36 | #1,159 |
| 1918 | 24 | #1,498 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,754 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,593 |
| 1915 | 22 | #1,453 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,544 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,267 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,117 |
| 1909 | 12 | #840 |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,001 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 8 | #846 |
| 1902 | 8 | #861 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 13 | #698 |
| 1899 | 9 | #714 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 10 | #722 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 7 | #836 |
| 1892 | 8 | #791 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
Nicknames for Westley
- Wes 376 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Westley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sonny Oakley Marley Hudson Hunter Wesley Grayson Riley Wyatt Kingsley Mason Carter
Other spellings of Westley
More English names
Lily Evelyn Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Harrison River Ellie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Westley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/westley, updated 20 October 2026.