Westley

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #619 for boys in 2025, 453 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
#560
1988 · 271 births
Debut · boys
1887
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
10,119
since 1887

Westley over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Westley has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #560, 1988boys
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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#10,1079#619453
2024#15,2935#656419
2023#10,3129#679400
2022#15,3065#718367
2021#9,56210#750340
2020#13,4536#746325
2019—#793291
2018#15,6825#786291
2017#14,1246#843262
2016—#903239
2015#16,4195#1,016200
2014—#1,097174
2013—#1,035186
2012—#1,258140
2011—#1,425116
2010—#1,503108
2009—#1,518109
2008—#1,532105
2007—#1,70089
2006—#1,72481
2005—#1,69179
2004—#1,88065
2003—#1,74969
2002—#1,43390
2001—#1,91257
2000—#1,72565
1999—#1,34289
1998—#1,30191
1997—#1,38679
1996—#1,34780
1995—#1,081109
1994—#963131
1993—#958126
1992—#871147
1991—#841152
1990—#732194
1989—#657231
1988#11,7985#560271
1987—#635208
1986—#747148
1985—#93994
1984—#1,00079
1983—#96783
1982—#1,03976
1981—#90697
1980—#98284
1979—#1,07069
1978—#836105
1977—#786118
1976—#1,03065
1975—#1,17052
1974—#1,12453
1973—#1,12353
1972—#1,30741
1971—#99866
1970—#1,05160
1969—#1,16845
1968—#1,01753
1967—#1,36431
1966—#1,11644
1965—#1,38631
1964—#1,26338
1963—#1,48528
1962—#1,21541
1961—#1,25040
1960—#1,43431
1959—#1,38732
1958—#1,67722
1957—#1,23440
1956—#1,14044
1955—#1,11444
1954—#1,20039
1953—#1,30433
1952—#1,37830
1951—#1,29532
1950—#1,39527
1949—#1,34829
1948—#1,01548
1947—#1,33630
1946—#1,47523
1945—#1,32725
1944—#1,52520
1943—#1,30828
1942—#1,31628
1941—#1,48521
1940—#1,43322
1939—#1,48920
1938—#1,61318
1937—#1,48121
1936—#2,18411
1935—#1,42223
1934—#1,78316
1933—#1,64418
1932—#1,28628
1931—#1,69318
1930—#1,39927
1929—#1,84817
1928—#2,04815
1927—#1,37229
1926—#1,46625
1925—#1,27932
1924—#1,41428
1923—#1,23534
1922—#1,59123
1921—#1,47526
1920—#1,64222
1919—#1,15936
1918—#1,49924
1917—#1,75518
1916—#1,59420
1915—#1,45422
1914—#1,54516
1913—#1,80310
1912—#1,26814
1911—#1,2908
1910—#1,1189
1909—#84012
1908—#87710
1907——
1906—#1,1116
1905—#1,0027
1904—#8748
1903—#8468
1902—#8628
1901—#1,0585
1900—#69913
1899—#7149
1898——
1897——
1896—#72210
1895—#1,0795
1894——
1893—#8367
1892—#7928
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1887—#9215
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First appearance
1887

The first year at least five boys were named Westley! It came in at #921, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1887–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Westley
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 37 spots since 2024 (#656 → #619)
  • 127 spots since 2020 (#746 → #619)
  • 397 spots since 2015 (#1,016 → #619)
  • Biggest jump: 357 spots in 1896 (#1,079 → #722)
  • Biggest drop: 359 spots in 1901 (#699 → #1,058)
Rise & fade · boys
101 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1988 at #560 (271 births)
  • Births halved by 1993, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1983–1994
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,771
  • Highest: 1 in 3,771 boys born in 2025 were named Westley (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #560 in 1988, was only 1 in 7,064 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 22.8% of all boys named Westley (2,304) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#921 (1887)#921
1890s39#714 (1899)#829
1900s77#699 (1900)#908
1910s177#1,118 (1910)#1,449
1920s251#1,235 (1923)#1,537
1930s200#1,286 (1932)#1,599
1940s274#1,015 (1948)#1,357
1950s343#1,114 (1955)#1,312
1960s382#1,017 (1968)#1,270
1970s682#786 (1977)#1,050
1980s1,371#560 (1988)#843
1990s1,198#732 (1990)#1,082
2000s809#1,433 (2002)#1,686
2010s2,007#786 (2018)#1,066
2020s2,304#619 (2025)#695

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.

Westley in 1955

boys
#1,114
44 births · 1 in 46,816 boys

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #1,114Westley44
More about 1955

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 46,816 of them was named Westley, which outranked 74.7% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Westley
  1. #1,105Vinson45
  2. #1,105Windell45
  3. #1,105Wyman45
  4. #1,114Westley44
  5. #1,114Caesar44
  6. #1,114Denton44
  7. #1,114Dillard44
  8. #1,138Dario43
  9. #1,138Darvin43
  10. #1,138Dayton43

Tied with 23 names at #1,114; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 808Davy#1,333 → #525
  2. ↑ 326Wyatt#985 → #659
  3. ↑ 323Moises#1,311 → #988
  4. ↑ 296Tad#1,068 → #772
  5. ↑ 286Rhett#1,122 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 738Rahn#908 → #1,646
  2. ↓ 415Ricci#739 → #1,154
  3. ↓ 321Meredith#952 → #1,273
  4. ↓ 309Michial#985 → #1,294
  5. ↓ 282Arvin#973 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1955 →