Wells
#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · #345 for boys in 2025, 944 births
Given to boys 97.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 944 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,989since 1881
Wells over time
Rank among boys' names. Wells has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 | #345 | 944 |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 | #377 | 869 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | #447 | 696 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 | #467 | 659 |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 | #482 | 621 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | #545 | 521 |
| 2019 | #6,414 | 18 | #626 | 432 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | #730 | 327 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | #916 | 233 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | #1,413 | 124 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #1,729 | 89 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #1,714 | 88 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #2,182 | 60 |
| 2012 | — | #2,448 | 51 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #3,046 | 37 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #3,377 | 32 |
| 2009 | — | #4,922 | 19 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,249 | 17 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,210 | 17 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,072 | 17 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,062 | 22 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,005 | 22 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,426 | 18 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,785 | 15 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #4,650 | 14 |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,928 | 9 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,005 | 14 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,382 | 9 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,882 | 11 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,701 | 11 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,810 | 10 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,095 | 12 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,621 | 13 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,445 | 12 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,356 | 7 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,685 | 10 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,275 | 7 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,257 | 7 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,302 | 12 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,044 | 15 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,143 | 7 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,495 | 10 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,111 | 13 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,802 | 8 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,943 | 15 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,356 | 11 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,949 | 14 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,009 | 12 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,986 | 14 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,386 | 10 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,333 | 10 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,478 | 9 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,050 | 12 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,818 | 15 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,197 | 11 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,246 | 11 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,860 | 15 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,542 | 9 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,843 | 16 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,821 | 17 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,960 | 16 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,692 | 21 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,074 | 15 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,675 | 22 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,123 | 15 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,434 | 27 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,178 | 37 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,885 | 18 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,408 | 26 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,905 | 17 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,693 | 19 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,549 | 21 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,410 | 23 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,342 | 20 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,580 | 12 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,023 | 20 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Wells! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Wells
- 32 spots since 2024 (#377 → #345)
- 200 spots since 2020 (#545 → #345)
- 1,384 spots since 2015 (#1,729 → #345)
- Biggest jump: 497 spots in 2017 (#1,413 → #916)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 2025 at #345 (944 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 2017–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,809 boys born in 2025 were named Wells (0.06%)
- 61.7% of all boys named Wells (4,310) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16 | #845 (1886) | #894 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,079 (1895) | #1,079 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,162 (1900) | #1,162 |
| 1910s | 172 | #1,023 (1912) | #1,462 |
| 1920s | 193 | #1,178 (1921) | #1,919 |
| 1930s | 119 | #1,818 (1938) | #2,053 |
| 1940s | 110 | #1,943 (1948) | #2,310 |
| 1950s | 90 | #2,044 (1954) | #2,888 |
| 1960s | 68 | #2,445 (1968) | #3,293 |
| 1970s | 87 | #2,621 (1970) | #3,669 |
| 1980s | 71 | #3,701 (1984) | #5,048 |
| 1990s | 103 | #4,005 (1991) | #5,537 |
| 2000s | 166 | #4,005 (2004) | #5,119 |
| 2010s | 1,473 | #626 (2019) | #1,818 |
| 2020s | 4,310 | #345 (2025) | #444 |
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.
Wells in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 172,646 of them was named Wells, which outranked 46.1% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,341Zurisadai11
- #9,341Zuriyah11
- #9,341Zylie11
- #9,943Wells10
- #9,943Aadriti10
- #9,943Aailyah10
- #9,943Aaleigha10
- #10,689Aaisha9
- #10,689Aania9
- #10,689Aashirya9
Tied with 745 names at #9,943; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 7,944 of them was named Wells, which outranked 93.6% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.