Westly
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WEST-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Westly is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “western meadow”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Westly mean?
English: 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.
Is Westly a girl's or a boy's name?
Westly is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Westly in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Westly, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1980, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Westly in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 474 boys in the US were given Westly or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #584, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
Westly in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 24 | #2,162 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #2,863 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,771 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
Nicknames for Westly
- Wes 376 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Westly
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wesley Wyatt Sonny Walker Jackson Mason Hunter Rocky Tyler Jacob Jeremy Waylon
Other spellings of Westly
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, “Westly: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/westly, updated 20 October 2026.