NameTides

West

West was the #1,252 boys' name in the US in 2025 (159 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales and #1,374 in Canada.

West as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
West 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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
West 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#1,252 (159)#5,137 (3)#1,374 (17)
2024#1,324 (145)—#1,654 (12)
2023#1,832 (87)——
2022#1,414 (130)#4,002 (4)#2,229 (7)
2021#1,770 (90)—#1,761 (10)
2020#1,833 (81)—#1,708 (10)
2019#1,652 (98)#4,702 (3)#1,448 (13)
2018#1,838 (82)——
2017#1,844 (80)—#2,439 (6)
2016#1,991 (72)——
2015#1,910 (76)#4,747 (3)#1,384 (13)
2014#2,230 (60)#3,895 (4)#1,778 (9)
2013#1,827 (78)—#1,380 (13)
2012#1,923 (74)—#1,781 (9)
2011#2,145 (61)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1886 at #383.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, West is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,400 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

West by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #604ORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #862CAUtah: #703UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #842TNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,094TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
West (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
WestCanadaGirls—too few
WestCanadaBoys#1,37417
WestEngland & WalesBoys#5,1373
WestNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
WestUSGirls#10,9178
WestUSBoys#1,252159