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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019peak #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 2019

girls
#15,539
5 births · 1 in 335,673 girls
boys
#1,652
98 births · 1 in 18,308 boys

Top girls' names in 2019

  1. #1Olivia18,577
  2. #2Emma17,226
  3. #3Ava14,549
  4. #4Sophia13,821
  5. #5Isabella13,407
  6. #6Charlotte13,239
  7. #7Amelia12,944
  8. #8Mia12,508
  9. #9Harper10,497
  10. #10Evelyn10,443
  11. #15,539West5

Top boys' names in 2019

  1. #1Liam20,631
  2. #2Noah19,178
  3. #3Oliver13,967
  4. #4William13,658
  5. #5Elijah13,436
  6. #6James13,198
  7. #7Benjamin13,044
  8. #8Lucas12,483
  9. #9Mason11,484
  10. #10Alexander11,327
  11. #1,652West98
More about 2019

girls

1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 335,673 of them was named West, which outranked 13.8% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside West
  1. #13,799Zuree6
  2. #13,799Zuriya6
  3. #13,799Zyliah6
  4. #15,539West5
  5. #15,539Aaditri5
  6. #15,539Aadiya5
  7. #15,539Aaila5

Tied with 2,485 names at #15,539; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,081Amoura#2,059 → #978
  2. ↑ 553Theodora#1,406 → #853
  3. ↑ 456Navy#1,269 → #813
  4. ↑ 415Emani#1,371 → #956
  5. ↑ 403Yaritza#1,216 → #813
Fallers
  1. ↓ 451Emmarie#990 → #1,441
  2. ↓ 368Saniyah#934 → #1,302
  3. ↓ 252Tatiana#692 → #944
  4. ↓ 229Zhavia#879 → #1,108
  5. ↓ 219Jayden#979 → #1,198

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

boys

1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 18,308 of them was named West, which outranked 88.3% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside West
  1. #1,642Saif99
  2. #1,642Salman99
  3. #1,642Zeppelin99
  4. #1,652West98
  5. #1,652Armon98
  6. #1,652Cecil98
  7. #1,652Fred98
  8. #1,658Ayven97
  9. #1,658Boyd97
  10. #1,658Bryer97

Tied with 5 names at #1,652; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,830Sekani#6,703 → #873
  2. ↑ 5,230Ermias#5,770 → #540
  3. ↑ 654Amias#1,478 → #824
  4. ↑ 623Kyro#1,343 → #720
  5. ↑ 512Aziel#1,465 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 376Jaxtyn#776 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 252Brysen#860 → #1,112
  3. ↓ 220Coen#814 → #1,034
  4. ↓ 219Chad#899 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 219Imran#933 → #1,152

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

See the top 100 for 2019 →