NameTides

Wells

Wells was the #345 boys' name in the US in 2025 (944 babies), and #413 in Canada.

Wells as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Wells as a boy’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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Wells as a boy’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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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
2025#345 (944)—#413 (79)
2024#377 (869)#5,120 (3)#431 (72)
2023#447 (696)#4,108 (4)#405 (72)
2022#467 (659)—#439 (65)
2021#482 (621)—#443 (67)
2020#545 (521)—#446 (65)
2019#626 (432)—#664 (38)
2018#730 (327)—#762 (32)
2017#916 (233)—#937 (24)
2016#1,413 (124)—#1,487 (12)
2015#1,729 (89)——
2014#1,714 (88)——
2013#2,182 (60)——
2012#2,448 (51)——
2011#3,046 (37)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #345.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1881.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Wells is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,500 to 1 in 1,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Wells by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #172MEWisconsin: #285WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #121NHWashington: #351WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: #159MTNorth Dakota: #93NDMinnesota: #314MNIllinois: #334ILMichigan: #280MINew York: #692NYMassachusetts: #347MAOregon: #281ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #145SDIowa: #219IAIndiana: #395INOhio: #326OHPennsylvania: #415PANew Jersey: #829NJConnecticut: #296CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #831CAUtah: #101UTColorado: #210CONebraska: #173NEMissouri: #281MOKentucky: #253KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #351VAMaryland: #344MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #491AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #151KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #239TNNorth Carolina: #230NCSouth Carolina: #255SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #232OKLouisiana: #376LAMississippi: #215MSAlabama: #274ALGeorgia: #393GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #412TXFlorida: #569FL
Wells (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#50324

Wells (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
WellsCanadaBoys#41379
WellsEngland & WalesBoys—too few
WellsUSGirls#7,49114
WellsUSBoys#345944