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Wesley

Pronounced /ˈwɛsli/

Rank in 2024
#58
Born in 2024
5,144
Peak year
2024 · #58
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:87 in 2024 (#2,166)

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 5,144 boys were named Wesley, about 1 in every 333.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 242,105 boys have been named Wesley since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Wesley per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 1.2
    Greatest
  2. 1.0
    Silent
  3. 0.9
    Boomers
  4. 1.3
    Gen X
  5. 1.6
    Millennials
  6. 1.1
    Gen Z
  7. 2.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 19,613 babies, 1.17 per 1,000. Silent: 20,316 babies, 0.98 per 1,000. Boomers: 33,576 babies, 0.89 per 1,000. Gen X: 35,172 babies, 1.29 per 1,000. Millennials: 49,364 babies, 1.62 per 1,000. Gen Z: 35,444 babies, 1.13 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 45,888 babies, 2.11 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Several places in England, from Old English west (“west”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to west +‎ -ley (“lea”).

  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of 18th century and later usage, today often without any religious connotations.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈwɛsli/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Wesley, CC BY-SA 4.0.