Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Wes” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wes” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Wes” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Wes” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Wes” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Wes” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Wes” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wes” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1884 7 0.000028752 7 -100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 -100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 -100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 -100%
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 -100%
1920 6 0.000002652 6 -100%
1921 6 0.00000257 6 -100%
1922 5 0.000002184 5 -100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1928 5 0.000002211 5 -100%
1929 5 0.000002281 5 -100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 -100%
1933 6 0.000003001 6 -100%
1934 7 0.000003371 7 -100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 -100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 -100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 -100%
1939 12 0.000005446 12 -100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 -100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 -100%
1943 19 0.000006731 19 -100%
1944 14 0.000005204 14 -100%
1945 22 0.000008293 22 -100%
1946 21 0.000006572 21 -100%
1947 30 0.000008328 30 -100%
1948 22 0.000006372 22 -100%
1949 17 0.000004878 17 -100%
1950 15 0.000004282 15 -100%
1951 26 0.000007058 26 -100%
1952 24 0.000006319 24 -100%
1953 33 0.000008563 33 -100%
1954 29 0.000007285 29 -100%
1955 38 0.000009464 38 -100%
1956 34 0.000008246 34 -100%
1957 69 0.00001642 69 -100%
1958 96 0.000023223 96 -100%
1959 121 0.000029101 121 -100%
1960 138 0.000033222 138 -100%
1961 131 0.000031625 131 -100%
1962 130 0.000032215 130 -100%
1963 155 0.000039159 155 -100%
1964 127 0.000032668 127 -100%
1965 100 0.000027583 100 -100%
1966 95 0.000027333 95 -100%
1967 75 0.000022092 75 -100%
1968 76 0.000022496 76 -100%
1969 83 0.000023883 83 -100%
1970 87 0.000024123 87 -100%
1971 83 0.000024182 83 -100%
1972 66 0.000020999 66 -100%
1973 38 0.000012596 38 -100%
1974 45 0.000014803 45 -100%
1975 36 0.000011923 36 -100%
1976 39 0.000012853 39 -100%
1977 67 0.000021092 67 -100%
1978 53 0.000016699 53 -100%
1979 57 0.000017133 57 -100%
1980 52 0.000015097 52 -100%
1981 40 0.000011563 40 -100%
1982 44 0.000012543 44 -100%
1983 45 0.000012993 45 -100%
1984 36 0.000010319 36 -100%
1985 40 0.000011207 40 -100%
1986 45 0.000012651 45 -100%
1987 29 0.000008043 29 -100%
1988 31 0.00000839 31 -100%
1989 30 0.000007803 30 -100%
1990 35 0.000008855 35 -100%
1991 26 0.000006675 26 -100%
1992 22 0.000005727 22 -100%
1993 20 0.000005305 20 -100%
1994 18 0.000004842 18 -100%
1995 21 0.000005734 21 -100%
1996 21 0.000005758 21 -100%
1997 18 0.000004964 18 -100%
1998 28 0.000007612 28 -100%
1999 19 0.000005144 19 -100%
2000 26 0.000006878 26 -100%
2001 33 0.000008816 33 -100%
2002 33 0.000008828 33 -100%
2003 37 0.000009731 37 -100%
2004 39 0.000010207 39 -100%
2005 49 0.000012744 49 -100%
2006 66 0.000016683 66 -100%
2007 56 0.000014008 56 -100%
2008 75 0.000019081 75 -100%
2009 66 0.000017277 66 -100%
2010 84 0.000022729 84 -100%
2011 83 0.000022691 83 -100%
2012 94 0.000025702 94 -100%
2013 122 0.000033464 122 -100%
2014 122 0.000032916 122 -100%
2015 143 0.000038639 143 -100%
2016 160 0.000043612 160 -100%
2017 180 0.000050333 180 -100%
2018 191 0.000054325 191 -100%
2019 217 0.000062519 217 -100%
2020 216 0.000064659 216 -100%
2021 268 0.000079104 268 -100%
2022 315 0.000093109 315 -100%
2023 310 0.000093622 310 -100%
2024 345 0.00010365 345 -100%

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