West

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #1,252 for boys in 2025, 159 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
#383
1886 · 21 births
Debut · boys
1880
13 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,692
since 1880

West over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. West has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #383, 1886boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,9178#1,252159
2024#11,1228#1,324145
2023—#1,83287
2022#12,2437#1,414130
2021—#1,77090
2020—#1,83381
2019#15,5395#1,65298
2018—#1,83882
2017—#1,84480
2016—#1,99172
2015—#1,91076
2014—#2,23060
2013—#1,82778
2012—#1,92374
2011—#2,14561
2010—#2,40252
2009—#2,20360
2008—#2,82842
2007—#2,92040
2006—#2,74442
2005—#3,71025
2004—#3,28529
2003—#4,42618
2002—#6,52210
2001—#3,14328
2000—#4,38917
1999—#3,48022
1998—#4,65014
1997—#4,66813
1996—#3,20222
1995—#4,28014
1994—#3,03023
1993—#3,24620
1992—#5,23610
1991—#3,32518
1990—#3,46717
1989—#3,32517
1988—#4,16211
1987—#3,73112
1986—#3,44013
1985—#2,35722
1984—#2,95615
1983—#2,57718
1982—#2,59618
1981—#2,13824
1980—#2,83116
1979—#3,81010
1978—#3,21512
1977—#2,36119
1976—#2,70915
1975—#4,3097
1974—#2,54915
1973—#3,01311
1972—#2,32316
1971—#2,12619
1970—#1,79424
1969—#2,04617
1968—#1,83619
1967—#2,47011
1966—#2,04315
1965—#2,08415
1964—#1,90018
1963—#2,67310
1962—#2,11715
1961—#1,99717
1960—#2,21014
1959—#2,03316
1958—#1,83819
1957—#1,95217
1956—#1,88618
1955—#1,97916
1954—#2,31612
1953—#1,76519
1952—#1,66521
1951—#1,77418
1950—#1,94115
1949—#1,70219
1948—#2,21812
1947—#1,98815
1946—#2,03013
1945—#1,40622
1944—#1,89014
1943—#1,83316
1942—#1,79916
1941—#1,82115
1940—#2,17911
1939—#1,57818
1938—#1,61318
1937—#2,9057
1936—#1,58718
1935—#1,75716
1934—#1,72517
1933—#1,70717
1932—#1,65119
1931—#1,77017
1930—#1,75318
1929—#1,84817
1928—#1,64721
1927—#1,19836
1926—#1,43226
1925—#1,36029
1924—#1,41428
1923—#2,12315
1922—#1,43427
1921—#1,47526
1920—#1,34829
1919—#1,29730
1918—#1,31329
1917—#1,58721
1916—#1,45923
1915—#1,50521
1914—#1,38819
1913—#93028
1912—#1,02320
1911—#89614
1910—#67719
1909—#84012
1908—#1,0218
1907—#77812
1906—#8529
1905—#66613
1904—#64713
1903—#7839
1902—#65112
1901—#63711
1900—#69913
1899—#7868
1898—#52316
1897—#7878
1896—#67411
1895—#64011
1894—#7309
1893—#61511
1892—#59712
1891—#52412
1890—#53313
1889—#7897
1888—#58012
1887—#6319
1886—#38321
1885—#60410
1884—#41619
1883—#55611
1882—#57611
1881—#44215
1880—#50513
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, West was already there! It came in at #505, and was given to 13 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1889, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

See more about West
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 72 spots since 2024 (#1,324 → #1,252)
  • 581 spots since 2020 (#1,833 → #1,252)
  • 658 spots since 2015 (#1,910 → #1,252)
  • Biggest jump: 264 spots in 1898 (#787 → #523)
  • Biggest drop: 458 spots in 1914 (#930 → #1,388)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1886 at #383 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1880–1907
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,275
  • Highest: 1 in 5,275 boys born in 1886 were named West (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,743 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 19.9% of all boys named West (733) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s128#383 (1886)#548
1890s111#523 (1898)#641
1900s112#637 (1901)#757
1910s224#677 (1910)#1,208
1920s254#1,198 (1927)#1,528
1930s165#1,578 (1939)#1,805
1940s153#1,406 (1945)#1,887
1950s171#1,665 (1952)#1,915
1960s151#1,836 (1968)#2,138
1970s148#1,794 (1970)#2,821
1980s166#2,138 (1981)#3,011
1990s173#3,030 (1994)#3,858
2000s311#2,203 (2009)#3,617
2010s733#1,652 (2019)#1,976
2020s692#1,252 (2025)#1,571

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.

West in 1951

boys
#1,774
18 births · 1 in 104,602 boys

Top boys' names in 1951

  1. #1James87,256
  2. #2Robert86,353
  3. #3John81,569
  4. #4Michael72,807
  5. #5David64,788
  6. #6William62,781
  7. #7Richard54,541
  8. #8Thomas48,275
  9. #9Charles39,406
  10. #10Gary38,160
  11. #1,774West18
More about 1951

boys

1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 104,602 of them was named West, which outranked 58.3% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside West
  1. #1,725Ubaldo19
  2. #1,725Vaughan19
  3. #1,725Wheeler19
  4. #1,774West18
  5. #1,774Adelbert18
  6. #1,774Adrain18
  7. #1,774Alma18
  8. #1,838Alvan17
  9. #1,838Archibald17
  10. #1,838Belton17

Tied with 63 names at #1,774; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. ↑ 428Kimberly#1,139 → #711
  2. ↑ 372Cole#1,364 → #992
  3. ↑ 357Wayland#1,272 → #915
  4. ↑ 354Ricki#1,139 → #785
  5. ↑ 346Lou#1,289 → #943
Fallers
  1. ↓ 944Jory#960 → #1,904
  2. ↓ 502Samual#960 → #1,462
  3. ↓ 426Carlyle#918 → #1,344
  4. ↓ 319Shaun#899 → #1,218
  5. ↓ 318Tex#977 → #1,295

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

See the top 100 for 1951 →