Weston
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WES-ton
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,337 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #55 for boys
Weston is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “west settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 1,337th for boys in the UK (22 babies) and 55th for boys in the US (5,482 babies).
What does Weston mean?
English: from a surname and place name
“west settlement”
From an English surname taken from the many places called Weston, such as Weston-super-Mare.
Is Weston a girl's or a boy's name?
Weston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the UK and 8 girls and 5,482 boys in the US.
How popular is Weston in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,337among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the UK were named Weston, making it the 1,337th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Weston of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Weston in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,275th in England and Wales.
Weston in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #1,337 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,585 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,643 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Weston in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #55among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5,482about 1 in 310 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 4.4%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5,482 boys in the US were named Weston, making it the 55th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 104th. It first appears in the records in 1882. 8 girls were also named Weston in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Weston of any year since it first appeared, in 1882.
Half of all the boys named Weston in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Weston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,482 | #55 |
| 2024 | 4,672 | #70 |
| 2023 | 4,373 | #75 |
| 2022 | 4,112 | #82 |
| 2021 | 3,793 | #95 |
| 2020 | 3,423 | #104 |
| 2019 | 3,574 | #104 |
| 2018 | 3,782 | #102 |
| 2017 | 3,656 | #109 |
| 2016 | 3,403 | #121 |
| 2015 | 3,327 | #120 |
| 2014 | 2,965 | #136 |
| 2013 | 2,488 | #163 |
| 2012 | 2,284 | #171 |
| 2011 | 1,749 | #204 |
| 2010 | 1,584 | #225 |
| 2009 | 1,282 | #268 |
| 2008 | 1,027 | #323 |
| 2007 | 852 | #368 |
| 2006 | 794 | #376 |
| 2005 | 742 | #387 |
| 2004 | 722 | #380 |
| 2003 | 636 | #407 |
| 2002 | 687 | #380 |
| 2001 | 608 | #412 |
| 2000 | 641 | #396 |
| 1999 | 614 | #399 |
| 1998 | 577 | #413 |
| 1997 | 584 | #401 |
| 1996 | 614 | #379 |
| 1995 | 600 | #388 |
| 1994 | 655 | #364 |
| 1993 | 566 | #410 |
| 1992 | 622 | #372 |
| 1991 | 697 | #347 |
| 1990 | 578 | #398 |
| 1989 | 475 | #434 |
| 1988 | 437 | #431 |
| 1987 | 404 | #444 |
| 1986 | 368 | #454 |
| 1985 | 342 | #469 |
| 1984 | 335 | #461 |
| 1983 | 309 | #480 |
| 1982 | 302 | #489 |
| 1981 | 227 | #567 |
| 1980 | 203 | #616 |
| 1979 | 173 | #650 |
| 1978 | 160 | #662 |
| 1977 | 172 | #646 |
| 1976 | 139 | #706 |
| 1975 | 91 | #870 |
| 1974 | 65 | #1,019 |
| 1973 | 77 | #914 |
| 1972 | 87 | #859 |
| 1971 | 83 | #893 |
| 1970 | 66 | #1,000 |
| 1969 | 67 | #931 |
| 1968 | 61 | #930 |
| 1967 | 65 | #893 |
| 1966 | 52 | #1,007 |
| 1965 | 50 | #1,043 |
| 1964 | 37 | #1,287 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,254 |
| 1962 | 42 | #1,203 |
| 1961 | 59 | #1,012 |
| 1960 | 44 | #1,177 |
| 1959 | 43 | #1,181 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,276 |
| 1957 | 63 | #956 |
| 1956 | 39 | #1,217 |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,137 |
| 1954 | 56 | #995 |
| 1953 | 36 | #1,244 |
| 1952 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,016 |
| 1950 | 37 | #1,180 |
| 1949 | 28 | #1,379 |
| 1948 | 33 | #1,255 |
| 1947 | 40 | #1,147 |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,123 |
| 1945 | 37 | #1,055 |
| 1944 | 37 | #1,085 |
| 1943 | 33 | #1,187 |
| 1942 | 42 | #1,036 |
| 1941 | 37 | #1,066 |
| 1940 | 49 | #904 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,323 |
| 1938 | 40 | #1,009 |
| 1937 | 49 | #880 |
| 1936 | 33 | #1,142 |
| 1935 | 41 | #992 |
| 1934 | 44 | #956 |
| 1933 | 33 | #1,144 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,141 |
| 1931 | 44 | #997 |
| 1930 | 40 | #1,093 |
| 1929 | 41 | #1,078 |
| 1928 | 32 | #1,272 |
| 1927 | 51 | #982 |
| 1926 | 44 | #1,050 |
| 1925 | 43 | #1,053 |
| 1924 | 49 | #1,005 |
| 1923 | 65 | #841 |
| 1922 | 44 | #1,058 |
| 1921 | 46 | #1,026 |
| 1920 | 55 | #929 |
| 1919 | 63 | #822 |
| 1918 | 49 | #949 |
| 1917 | 50 | #900 |
| 1916 | 43 | #972 |
| 1915 | 43 | #952 |
| 1914 | 40 | #855 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,023 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,267 |
| 1911 | 12 | #981 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1902 | 8 | #861 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 9 | #778 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 6 | #955 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 |
Nicknames for Weston
- Wes 376 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Weston
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Weston
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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, “Weston: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/weston, updated 20 October 2026.