Weslyn

#3,975 for girls in 2025, 36 births · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to girls 81.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
#2,597
2017 · 67 births
Debut · girls
1986
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
595
since 1986

Weslyn over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202023peak #2,597, 2017girlsboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#3,97536#8,9108
2024#4,03936#6,46913
2023#3,32948#5,25518
2022#3,53644#5,21518
2021#3,33947#8,8258
2020#3,39945#9,5547
2019#2,96255#7,64310
2018#3,05053#7,61710
2017#2,59767#6,33813
2016#3,22950#8,1469
2015#4,85328#10,6446
2014#6,45119#8,7818
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2009#17,2945#8,9858
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First appearance
1986

The first year at least five girls were named Weslyn! It came in at #9,545, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1987–1998, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Weslyn is popular in 2023

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedMSAlabama: #809 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,719 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Weslyn, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#809 · 1 in 3,719

Best ever in a state: #715 in Kentucky, 2017.

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See more about Weslyn
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 64 spots since 2024 (#4,039 → #3,975)
  • 576 spots since 2020 (#3,399 → #3,975)
  • 878 spots since 2015 (#4,853 → #3,975)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1986
  • Peaked 2017 at #2,597 (67 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 25,768
  • Highest: 1 in 25,768 girls born in 2017 were named Weslyn (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 44,646 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 49.9% of all girls named Weslyn (297) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2010
  • Mostly boys until 2009, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s6#9,545 (1986)#9,545
1990s6#12,688 (1999)#12,688
2000s30#9,671 (2003)#15,146
2010s297#2,597 (2017)#6,561
2020s256#3,329 (2023)#3,603

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Weslyn in 2023

girls
#3,329
48 births · 1 in 33,429 girls
boys
#5,255
18 births · 1 in 95,032 boys

Top girls' names in 2023

  1. #1Olivia15,329
  2. #2Emma13,590
  3. #3Charlotte12,638
  4. #4Amelia12,365
  5. #5Sophia11,999
  6. #6Mia11,404
  7. #7Isabella10,871
  8. #8Ava9,737
  9. #9Evelyn9,121
  10. #10Luna7,853
  11. #3,329Weslyn48

Top boys' names in 2023

  1. #1Liam20,904
  2. #2Noah19,116
  3. #3Oliver14,792
  4. #4James11,739
  5. #5Elijah11,523
  6. #6Mateo11,293
  7. #7Theodore11,093
  8. #8Henry10,996
  9. #9Lucas10,890
  10. #10William10,673
  11. #5,255Weslyn18
More about 2023

girls

1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 33,429 of them was named Weslyn, which outranked 81.1% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Weslyn
  1. #3,274Zissy49
  2. #3,274Zori49
  3. #3,274Zury49
  4. #3,329Weslyn48
  5. #3,329Ahsoka48
  6. #3,329Aleina48
  7. #3,329Amairani48
  8. #3,386Aelin47
  9. #3,386Amaiyah47
  10. #3,386Anaisha47

Tied with 56 names at #3,329; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2022
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,640Kaeli#2,319 → #679
  2. ↑ 1,512Alitzel#2,388 → #876
  3. ↑ 1,287Emryn#2,174 → #887
  4. ↑ 813Adhara#1,583 → #770
  5. ↑ 717Azari#1,412 → #695
Fallers
  1. ↓ 364Addilynn#940 → #1,304
  2. ↓ 296India#968 → #1,264
  3. ↓ 259Madisyn#805 → #1,064
  4. ↓ 231Chanel#937 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 219Averi#906 → #1,125

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

boys

1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 95,032 of them was named Weslyn, which outranked 63.0% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Weslyn
  1. #5,075Zehaan19
  2. #5,075Zekai19
  3. #5,075Zoravar19
  4. #5,255Weslyn18
  5. #5,255Adyn18
  6. #5,255Ahmaud18
  7. #5,255Ahzir18
  8. #5,470Aadhiran17
  9. #5,470Agasthya17
  10. #5,470Ahanu17

Tied with 214 names at #5,255; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2022
Risers
  1. ↑ 858Izael#1,665 → #807
  2. ↑ 662Chozen#1,479 → #817
  3. ↑ 589Eiden#1,479 → #890
  4. ↑ 409Cassian#938 → #529
  5. ↑ 385Kyren#1,322 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 384Dior#842 → #1,226
  2. ↓ 275Maxton#963 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 205Davian#967 → #1,172
  4. ↓ 193Braden#935 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 191Heath#862 → #1,053

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

See the top 100 for 2023 →