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
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 21 births
- Debut · boys
- 13 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,692since 1880
West over time
Rank among boys' names. West 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 | #10,917 | 8 | #1,252 | 159 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | #1,324 | 145 |
| 2023 | — | #1,832 | 87 | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #1,414 | 130 |
| 2021 | — | #1,770 | 90 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,833 | 81 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #1,652 | 98 |
| 2018 | — | #1,838 | 82 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,844 | 80 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,991 | 72 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,910 | 76 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,230 | 60 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,827 | 78 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,923 | 74 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,145 | 61 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,402 | 52 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,203 | 60 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,828 | 42 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,920 | 40 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,744 | 42 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,710 | 25 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,285 | 29 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,426 | 18 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,143 | 28 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,389 | 17 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,480 | 22 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,650 | 14 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,668 | 13 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,202 | 22 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,280 | 14 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,030 | 23 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,246 | 20 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,325 | 18 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,467 | 17 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,325 | 17 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,731 | 12 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,440 | 13 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,357 | 22 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,956 | 15 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,577 | 18 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,596 | 18 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,138 | 24 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,810 | 10 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,215 | 12 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,361 | 19 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,709 | 15 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,549 | 15 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,323 | 16 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,126 | 19 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,794 | 24 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,046 | 17 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,836 | 19 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,470 | 11 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,043 | 15 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,084 | 15 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,900 | 18 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,117 | 15 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,997 | 17 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,210 | 14 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,033 | 16 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,838 | 19 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,886 | 18 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,979 | 16 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,316 | 12 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,765 | 19 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,665 | 21 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,774 | 18 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,702 | 19 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,218 | 12 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,988 | 15 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,030 | 13 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,406 | 22 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,890 | 14 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,833 | 16 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,799 | 16 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,821 | 15 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,179 | 11 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,578 | 18 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,613 | 18 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,905 | 7 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,587 | 18 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,757 | 16 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,725 | 17 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,707 | 17 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,651 | 19 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,770 | 17 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,753 | 18 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,848 | 17 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,647 | 21 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,198 | 36 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,432 | 26 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,360 | 29 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,414 | 28 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,123 | 15 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,434 | 27 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,475 | 26 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,348 | 29 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,297 | 30 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,313 | 29 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,587 | 21 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,459 | 23 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,505 | 21 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,388 | 19 | |
| 1913 | — | #930 | 28 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,023 | 20 | |
| 1911 | — | #896 | 14 | |
| 1910 | — | #677 | 19 | |
| 1909 | — | #840 | 12 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | #778 | 12 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #666 | 13 | |
| 1904 | — | #647 | 13 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | #651 | 12 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | — | #786 | 8 | |
| 1898 | — | #523 | 16 | |
| 1897 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1896 | — | #674 | 11 | |
| 1895 | — | #640 | 11 | |
| 1894 | — | #730 | 9 | |
| 1893 | — | #615 | 11 | |
| 1892 | — | #597 | 12 | |
| 1891 | — | #524 | 12 | |
| 1890 | — | #533 | 13 | |
| 1889 | — | #789 | 7 | |
| 1888 | — | #580 | 12 | |
| 1887 | — | #631 | 9 | |
| 1886 | — | #383 | 21 | |
| 1885 | — | #604 | 10 | |
| 1884 | — | #416 | 19 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #576 | 11 | |
| 1881 | — | #442 | 15 | |
| 1880 | — | #505 | 13 | |
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.
Where West is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#670 · 1 in 4,065
- Michigan#1,106 · 1 in 9,285
- North Carolina#1,140 · 1 in 10,265
- California#1,225 · 1 in 13,482
- Texas#1,351 · 1 in 14,681
Best ever in a state: #169 in Louisiana, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #670 | 5 | 1 in 4,065 |
| Michigan | #1,106 | 5 | 1 in 9,285 |
| North Carolina | #1,140 | 5 | 1 in 10,265 |
| California | #1,225 | 16 | 1 in 13,482 |
| Texas | #1,351 | 12 | 1 in 14,681 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about West
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #383 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1880–1907
- 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%)
- 19.9% of all boys named West (733) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 128 | #383 (1886) | #548 |
| 1890s | 111 | #523 (1898) | #641 |
| 1900s | 112 | #637 (1901) | #757 |
| 1910s | 224 | #677 (1910) | #1,208 |
| 1920s | 254 | #1,198 (1927) | #1,528 |
| 1930s | 165 | #1,578 (1939) | #1,805 |
| 1940s | 153 | #1,406 (1945) | #1,887 |
| 1950s | 171 | #1,665 (1952) | #1,915 |
| 1960s | 151 | #1,836 (1968) | #2,138 |
| 1970s | 148 | #1,794 (1970) | #2,821 |
| 1980s | 166 | #2,138 (1981) | #3,011 |
| 1990s | 173 | #3,030 (1994) | #3,858 |
| 2000s | 311 | #2,203 (2009) | #3,617 |
| 2010s | 733 | #1,652 (2019) | #1,976 |
| 2020s | 692 | #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 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 23,137 of them was named West, which outranked 87.1% 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).
- #1,829Samarth81
- #1,829Terence81
- #1,829Yandel81
- #1,844West80
- #1,844Adnan80
- #1,844Breck80
- #1,844Izaac80
- #1,861Aasim79
- #1,861Aris79
- #1,861Everette79
Tied with 16 names at #1,844; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.