NameTides

Wei

Wei was the #9,714 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies).

Wei as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Wei as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020US
Wei as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#9,714 (7)———
2017#8,840 (8)———
2016—#2,804 (7)——
2015—#4,747 (3)—#2,139 (7)
2013—#3,315 (5)——
2012—#3,039 (6)——
2011—#1,398 (17)—#2,629 (5)
2010—#1,407 (17)—#2,136 (7)
2009—#2,318 (8)—#2,625 (5)
2008—#1,511 (14)——
2007#10,921 (6)#2,023 (9)—#1,781 (8)
2006—#2,870 (5)—#2,116 (6)
2005—#2,754 (5)—#2,263 (5)
2004#5,492 (14)#3,009 (4)—#1,607 (8)
2003#5,271 (14)#2,189 (6)#500 (3)—

Wei as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Wei as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020
Wei as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2016—#5,785 (3)—
2011—#5,785 (3)—
2008—#5,545 (3)—
2007#17,636 (5)——
2006—#5,061 (3)—
2004—#3,725 (4)—
2001#15,352 (5)——
2000—#3,912 (3)#1,781 (8)
1999#12,688 (6)——
1996——#1,678 (9)
1995#11,783 (6)—#2,018 (7)
1994#13,430 (5)—#1,663 (8)
1993#13,442 (5)——
1992#11,738 (6)——
1991#13,147 (5)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1997 at #3,877.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.
  • In 2007, 46% of US babies named Wei were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
WeiCanadaGirls—too few
WeiCanadaBoys—too few
WeiEngland & WalesGirls—too few
WeiEngland & WalesBoys—too few
WeiIrelandBoys—too few
WeiNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
WeiNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
WeiUSGirls—too few
WeiUSBoys#9,7147