Westyn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WESS-tin
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #723 for boys
Westyn is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “western settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 723rd for boys in the US (371 babies).
What does Westyn mean?
English: modern spelling of Weston
“western settlement”
A modern spelling of Weston, an English surname from place names.
Is Westyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Westyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls and 371 boys in the US.
How popular is Westyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #723among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 371about 1 in 4,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 108% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 371 boys in the US were named Westyn, making it the 723rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,297th. It first appears in the records in 1989. 10 girls were also named Westyn in 2025 (9,454th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Westyn of any year since it first appeared, in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Westyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 929 boys in the US were given Westyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #365, up from #723 for this spelling alone.
Westyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 371 | #723 |
| 2024 | 320 | #785 |
| 2023 | 310 | #799 |
| 2022 | 248 | #929 |
| 2021 | 197 | #1,076 |
| 2020 | 139 | #1,297 |
| 2019 | 170 | #1,144 |
| 2018 | 172 | #1,122 |
| 2017 | 164 | #1,153 |
| 2016 | 133 | #1,339 |
| 2015 | 123 | #1,396 |
| 2014 | 126 | #1,355 |
| 2013 | 112 | #1,468 |
| 2012 | 104 | #1,535 |
| 2011 | 97 | #1,587 |
| 2010 | 66 | #2,056 |
| 2009 | 59 | #2,230 |
| 2008 | 51 | #2,466 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 28 | #3,600 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
Nicknames for Westyn
- Wes 376 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Westyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wilder Wylder Colson Wesson Easton Hudson Sevyn Jaxton Boston Shepherd Beckett Stetson
Other spellings of Westyn
Names related to Westyn
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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, “Westyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/westyn, updated 20 October 2026.