Wesley
Wesley stands at #52 nationally in 2025, and it is climbing. An old entry (1880) having its biggest moment now, with 247,713 American bearers across the record.
Wesley’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Wesley, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Wesley since 1880
Wesley is at its all-time peak right now: #52 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Wesley is most common
Wesley is most common in Wyoming: 1.47% of the state's recorded boys' names in 2025. New Hampshire (1.27%) and Maine (1.2%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Wesley
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Weston
#55 in 2025
Waylon
#56 in 2025
Willow
#44 in 2025
Walker
#78 in 2025
Wrenley
#159 in 2025
Stella
#52 in 2025 · Latin
Grayson
#51 in 2025
Josiah
#54 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Wesley
Where does Wesley rank right now?
Wesley stands at #52 nationally in 2025, and it is climbing. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What does Wesley mean?
The public-domain references we cite do not record a meaning for Wesley, so this page does not invent one.
What names go with Wesley?
Nearest by the published recipe: Weston, Waylon and Willow. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
Get Wesley’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
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