NameTides

Westley

Westley was the #619 boys' name in the US in 2025 (453 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #699 in Canada.

Westley as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Westley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Westley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, 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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#619 (453)#2,440 (9)——#699 (39)
2024#656 (419)#3,255 (6)——#648 (42)
2023#679 (400)#4,992 (3)——#585 (46)
2022#718 (367)#4,002 (4)——#632 (42)
2021#750 (340)#4,789 (3)——#673 (40)
2020#746 (325)#4,608 (3)——#706 (36)
2019#793 (291)#3,937 (4)——#798 (30)
2018#786 (291)#3,412 (5)——#748 (33)
2017#843 (262)#3,040 (6)——#845 (28)
2016#903 (239)#4,810 (3)——#793 (31)
2015#1,016 (200)#3,908 (4)——#978 (22)
2014#1,097 (174)#3,362 (5)——#928 (24)
2013#1,035 (186)#3,822 (4)——#1,109 (18)
2012#1,258 (140)———#1,202 (16)
2011#1,425 (116)#3,300 (5)——#1,681 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #619.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1887.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Westley is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,400 to 1 in 3,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Westley by state, 2025Alaska: #165AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #523WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #604WAIdaho: #256IDMontana: #201MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #552MNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: #461MINew York: #885NYMassachusetts: #347MAOregon: #312ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #512INOhio: #577OHPennsylvania: #631PANew Jersey: #655NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #667CAUtah: #441UTColorado: #318CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #489MOKentucky: #485KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #627VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #444AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #297KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #777TNNorth Carolina: #718NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #792GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #856TXFlorida: #729FL
Westley (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#71916

Westley (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
WestleyCanadaBoys#69939
WestleyEngland & WalesBoys#2,4409
WestleyIrelandBoys—too few
WestleyScotlandBoys—too few
WestleyUSGirls#10,1079
WestleyUSBoys#619453