Wellington

#4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births

Peak · boys
#476
1891 · 14 births
Debut · boys
1880
12 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,879
since 1880

Wellington over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Wellington has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #476, 1891boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#4,24924
2024#3,21637
2023#3,62931
2022#3,61731
2021#3,07439
2020#2,80643
2019#2,85143
2018#3,37333
2017#3,44032
2016#3,44132
2015#4,40722
2014#5,73315
2013#5,65915
2012#4,13124
2011#8,0799
2010#5,25117
2009#5,33417
2008#5,24917
2007#6,26213
2006#4,67519
2005#5,27815
2004#3,86023
2003#5,03515
2002#5,13114
2001#4,30218
2000#3,53623
1999#3,98618
1998#4,87313
1997#3,87717
1996#2,91125
1995#3,69317
1994#3,75117
1993#3,81916
1992#3,10521
1991#3,63616
1990#3,30918
1989#4,52711
1988#3,70513
1987#2,94217
1986#3,44013
1985#3,21614
1984#3,10714
1983#2,78716
1982#2,34121
1981#2,77916
1980#2,21323
1979#3,56911
1978#2,66916
1977#3,8369
1976#2,50817
1975#2,54016
1974#3,31810
1973#2,31117
1972#2,08019
1971#2,81312
1970#2,29316
1969#2,54912
1968#2,9079
1967#1,50726
1966#2,46511
1965#1,91817
1964#1,97517
1963#2,20014
1962#2,50411
1961#1,77821
1960#1,81220
1959#2,53011
1958#2,26513
1957#1,88718
1956#1,94517
1955#2,55810
1954#1,59323
1953#1,48026
1952#1,93916
1951#1,90416
1950#1,70119
1949#1,43426
1948#1,75818
1947#1,59922
1946#1,40925
1945#1,53619
1944#1,57419
1943#1,48622
1942#1,35826
1941#1,37224
1940#1,57319
1939#1,79515
1938#1,52120
1937#1,37224
1936#1,72316
1935#1,45322
1934#1,26628
1933#1,40523
1932#1,58420
1931#1,19433
1930#1,39927
1929#1,73119
1928#1,25433
1927#1,43627
1926#1,17437
1925#1,12139
1924#96053
1923#1,10142
1922#89160
1921#1,02646
1920#90358
1919#97348
1918#88257
1917#83958
1916#93946
1915#96242
1914#98632
1913#99525
1912#91824
1911#79317
1910#98111
1909#61519
1908#77912
1907#77812
1906#8529
1905#9198
1904#1,0646
1903#9107
1902—
1901—
1900#9029
1899—
1898—
1897#7878
1896#8268
1895#1,0795
1894#7309
1893#53813
1892#9566
1891#47614
1890#7398
1889#8786
1888#7049
1887—
1886#6948
1885#57711
1884#61310
1883—
1882#6918
1881#48713
1880#52612
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s77#487 (1881)#646
1890s71#476 (1891)#766
1900s82#615 (1909)#852
1910s360#793 (1911)#927
1920s414#891 (1922)#1,160
1930s228#1,194 (1931)#1,471
1940s220#1,358 (1942)#1,510
1950s169#1,480 (1953)#1,980
1960s158#1,507 (1967)#2,162
1970s143#2,080 (1972)#2,794
1980s158#2,213 (1980)#3,106
1990s178#2,911 (1996)#3,696
2000s174#3,536 (2000)#4,866
2010s242#2,851 (2019)#4,637
2020s205#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 1923

boys
#1,101
42 births · 1 in 26,098 boys

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #1,101Wellington42
More about 1923

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 26,098 of them was named Wellington, which outranked 77.5% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wellington
  1. #1,087Reece43
  2. #1,087Vernal43
  3. #1,087Wm43
  4. #1,101Wellington42
  5. #1,101Blake42
  6. #1,101Burnett42
  7. #1,101Douglass42
  8. #1,114Adolf41
  9. #1,114Alvah41
  10. #1,114Arland41

Tied with 12 names at #1,101; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. ↑ 403Marcos#1,333 → #930
  2. ↑ 341Armin#1,333 → #992
  3. ↑ 309Betty#1,222 → #913
  4. ↑ 309Godfrey#1,222 → #913
  5. ↑ 308Val#1,181 → #873
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,021Harden#999 → #2,020
  2. ↓ 472Buel#850 → #1,322
  3. ↓ 420Trinidad#485 → #905
  4. ↓ 304Gorden#722 → #1,026
  5. ↓ 288Joy#840 → #1,128

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1923 →