NameTides

Wes

Wes was the #715 boys' name in the US in 2025 (376 babies), and #580 in Canada.

Wes as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Wes 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Wes 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#715 (376)—#580 (50)
2024#743 (346)—#747 (35)
2023#799 (310)—#609 (44)
2022#797 (315)—#1,092 (20)
2021#866 (268)—#833 (30)
2020#986 (216)#4,608 (3)#731 (34)
2019#981 (217)#4,702 (3)#1,065 (20)
2018#1,059 (191)#3,959 (4)#1,219 (16)
2017#1,086 (180)—#1,510 (12)
2016#1,183 (160)—#1,578 (11)
2015#1,259 (143)—#1,204 (16)
2014#1,389 (122)—#1,657 (10)
2013#1,376 (122)—#1,551 (11)
2012#1,637 (94)—#1,552 (11)
2011#1,755 (83)—#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #715.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,500 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Wes is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,900 to 1 in 4,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Wes by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #411WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #206NHWashington: #529WAIdaho: #302IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #511MNIllinois: #752ILMichigan: #571MINew York: #692NYMassachusetts: #318MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #477PANew Jersey: #576NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #658CAUtah: #288UTColorado: #626CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #672AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #842TNNorth Carolina: #825NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #487LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #792GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #953TXFlorida: #912FL
Wes (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
Quebec2025#5707
Ontario2024#63618

Wes (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
WesCanadaBoys#58050
WesEngland & WalesBoys—too few
WesUSBoys#715376