NameTides

Wesson

Wesson was the #917 boys' name in the US in 2025 (257 babies), and #1,944 in Canada.

Wesson as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Wesson 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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Wesson 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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#917 (257)—#1,944 (10)
2024#950 (241)——
2023#949 (238)—#1,496 (13)
2022#921 (251)—#2,810 (5)
2021#800 (306)—#1,653 (11)
2020#850 (268)—#1,838 (9)
2019#915 (240)#4,702 (3)#1,998 (8)
2018#912 (236)—#1,983 (8)
2017#890 (242)—#2,439 (6)
2016#993 (205)——
2015#1,070 (185)——
2014#1,179 (158)——
2013#1,540 (103)——
2012#1,729 (87)—#2,158 (7)
2011#2,105 (63)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #800.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2004.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,700 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 6,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Wesson is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,200 to 1 in 8,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Wesson by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #523WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: #905MINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #844INOhio: #577OHPennsylvania: #792PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,582CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: #485KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #781AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #398TNNorth Carolina: #775NCSouth Carolina: #608SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #426OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #333MSAlabama: #685ALGeorgia: #566GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,555TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Wesson (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
WessonCanadaBoys#1,94410
WessonEngland & WalesBoys—too few
WessonUSGirls—too few
WessonUSBoys#917257