Wellington
#4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 12 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,879since 1880
Wellington over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Wellington has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,249 | 24 |
| 2024 | #3,216 | 37 |
| 2023 | #3,629 | 31 |
| 2022 | #3,617 | 31 |
| 2021 | #3,074 | 39 |
| 2020 | #2,806 | 43 |
| 2019 | #2,851 | 43 |
| 2018 | #3,373 | 33 |
| 2017 | #3,440 | 32 |
| 2016 | #3,441 | 32 |
| 2015 | #4,407 | 22 |
| 2014 | #5,733 | 15 |
| 2013 | #5,659 | 15 |
| 2012 | #4,131 | 24 |
| 2011 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #5,251 | 17 |
| 2009 | #5,334 | 17 |
| 2008 | #5,249 | 17 |
| 2007 | #6,262 | 13 |
| 2006 | #4,675 | 19 |
| 2005 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #3,860 | 23 |
| 2003 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | #5,131 | 14 |
| 2001 | #4,302 | 18 |
| 2000 | #3,536 | 23 |
| 1999 | #3,986 | 18 |
| 1998 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #3,877 | 17 |
| 1996 | #2,911 | 25 |
| 1995 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1994 | #3,751 | 17 |
| 1993 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #3,105 | 21 |
| 1991 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #3,309 | 18 |
| 1989 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #2,942 | 17 |
| 1986 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #2,787 | 16 |
| 1982 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1981 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #2,213 | 23 |
| 1979 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #2,508 | 17 |
| 1975 | #2,540 | 16 |
| 1974 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #2,311 | 17 |
| 1972 | #2,080 | 19 |
| 1971 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #2,293 | 16 |
| 1969 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #1,507 | 26 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #1,918 | 17 |
| 1964 | #1,975 | 17 |
| 1963 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #1,778 | 21 |
| 1960 | #1,812 | 20 |
| 1959 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1957 | #1,887 | 18 |
| 1956 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #1,593 | 23 |
| 1953 | #1,480 | 26 |
| 1952 | #1,939 | 16 |
| 1951 | #1,904 | 16 |
| 1950 | #1,701 | 19 |
| 1949 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1948 | #1,758 | 18 |
| 1947 | #1,599 | 22 |
| 1946 | #1,409 | 25 |
| 1945 | #1,536 | 19 |
| 1944 | #1,574 | 19 |
| 1943 | #1,486 | 22 |
| 1942 | #1,358 | 26 |
| 1941 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1940 | #1,573 | 19 |
| 1939 | #1,795 | 15 |
| 1938 | #1,521 | 20 |
| 1937 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1936 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #1,453 | 22 |
| 1934 | #1,266 | 28 |
| 1933 | #1,405 | 23 |
| 1932 | #1,584 | 20 |
| 1931 | #1,194 | 33 |
| 1930 | #1,399 | 27 |
| 1929 | #1,731 | 19 |
| 1928 | #1,254 | 33 |
| 1927 | #1,436 | 27 |
| 1926 | #1,174 | 37 |
| 1925 | #1,121 | 39 |
| 1924 | #960 | 53 |
| 1923 | #1,101 | 42 |
| 1922 | #891 | 60 |
| 1921 | #1,026 | 46 |
| 1920 | #903 | 58 |
| 1919 | #973 | 48 |
| 1918 | #882 | 57 |
| 1917 | #839 | 58 |
| 1916 | #939 | 46 |
| 1915 | #962 | 42 |
| 1914 | #986 | 32 |
| 1913 | #995 | 25 |
| 1912 | #918 | 24 |
| 1911 | #793 | 17 |
| 1910 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | #615 | 19 |
| 1908 | #779 | 12 |
| 1907 | #778 | 12 |
| 1906 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | #919 | 8 |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #902 | 9 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #787 | 8 |
| 1896 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #730 | 9 |
| 1893 | #538 | 13 |
| 1892 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | #476 | 14 |
| 1890 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #878 | 6 |
| 1888 | #704 | 9 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #577 | 11 |
| 1884 | #613 | 10 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #691 | 8 |
| 1881 | #487 | 13 |
| 1880 | #526 | 12 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wellington was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Wellington
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 1,033 spots since 2024 (#3,216 → #4,249)
- 1,443 spots since 2020 (#2,806 → #4,249)
- 158 spots since 2015 (#4,407 → #4,249)
- Biggest jump: 418 spots in 1893 (#956 → #538)
- Biggest drop: 480 spots in 1892 (#476 → #956)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1891 at #476 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1892, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1905–1920
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,228
- Highest: 1 in 7,228 boys born in 1891 were named Wellington (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 14.4% of all boys named Wellington (414) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 77 | #487 (1881) | #646 |
| 1890s | 71 | #476 (1891) | #766 |
| 1900s | 82 | #615 (1909) | #852 |
| 1910s | 360 | #793 (1911) | #927 |
| 1920s | 414 | #891 (1922) | #1,160 |
| 1930s | 228 | #1,194 (1931) | #1,471 |
| 1940s | 220 | #1,358 (1942) | #1,510 |
| 1950s | 169 | #1,480 (1953) | #1,980 |
| 1960s | 158 | #1,507 (1967) | #2,162 |
| 1970s | 143 | #2,080 (1972) | #2,794 |
| 1980s | 158 | #2,213 (1980) | #3,106 |
| 1990s | 178 | #2,911 (1996) | #3,696 |
| 2000s | 174 | #3,536 (2000) | #4,866 |
| 2010s | 242 | #2,851 (2019) | #4,637 |
| 2020s | 205 | #2,806 (2020) | #3,432 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Wellington in 1881
boys
#487
13 births · 1 in 7,749 boys
Top boys' names in 1881
More about 1881
boys
100,735 boys got a published name in 1881; 1 in 7,749 of them was named Wellington, which outranked 51.1% of the 996 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 43.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).