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How popular is “Wesly” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wesly” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Wesly” 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 “Wesly” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Wesly” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wesly” 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
1915 8 0.000004366 8 -100%
1917 5 0.000002492 5 -100%
1918 5 0.000002303 5 -100%
1919 11 0.000005213 11 -100%
1921 6 0.00000257 6 -100%
1922 9 0.000003932 9 -100%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 -100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 -100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 -100%
1926 10 0.000004356 10 -100%
1927 10 0.000004312 10 -100%
1928 10 0.000004423 10 -100%
1929 12 0.000005474 12 -100%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 -100%
1931 6 0.000002851 6 -100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 -100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 -100%
1934 7 0.000003371 7 -100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 -100%
1938 10 0.00000452 10 -100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 -100%
1942 7 0.000002562 7 -100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 -100%
1947 11 0.000003054 11 -100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 -100%
1949 9 0.000002583 9 -100%
1951 6 0.000001629 6 -100%
1952 12 0.00000316 12 -100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 -100%
1954 10 0.000002512 10 -100%
1955 5 0.000001245 5 -100%
1956 7 0.000001698 7 -100%
1957 10 0.00000238 10 -100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 -100%
1959 14 0.000003367 14 -100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 -100%
1961 10 0.000002414 10 -100%
1962 14 0.000003469 14 -100%
1963 5 0.000001263 5 -100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 -100%
1966 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1967 12 0.000003535 12 -100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 -100%
1969 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 -100%
1973 11 0.000003646 11 -100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 17 0.000005603 17 -100%
1977 20 0.000006296 20 -100%
1978 17 0.000005356 17 -100%
1979 21 0.000006312 21 -100%
1980 15 0.000004355 15 -100%
1981 25 0.000007227 25 -100%
1982 26 0.000007412 26 -100%
1983 21 0.000006064 21 -100%
1984 24 0.000006879 24 -100%
1985 30 0.000008405 30 -100%
1986 23 0.000006466 23 -100%
1987 24 0.000006656 24 -100%
1988 27 0.000007307 27 -100%
1989 29 0.000007543 29 -100%
1990 15 0.000003795 15 -100%
1991 23 0.000005905 23 -100%
1992 29 0.00000755 29 -100%
1993 23 0.0000061 23 -100%
1994 24 0.000006456 24 -100%
1995 25 0.000006827 25 -100%
1996 17 0.000004661 17 -100%
1997 24 0.000006619 24 -100%
1998 27 0.000007341 27 -100%
1999 15 0.000004061 15 -100%
2000 18 0.000004762 18 -100%
2001 19 0.000005076 19 -100%
2002 32 0.00000856 32 -100%
2003 29 0.000007627 29 -100%
2004 29 0.00000759 29 -100%
2005 28 0.000007282 28 -100%
2006 25 0.000006319 25 -100%
2007 21 0.000005253 21 -100%
2008 19 0.000004834 19 -100%
2009 29 0.000007591 29 -100%
2010 13 0.000003518 13 -100%
2011 21 0.000005741 21 -100%
2012 21 0.000005742 21 -100%
2013 17 0.000004663 17 -100%
2014 17 0.000004587 17 -100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 -100%
2016 21 0.000005724 21 -100%
2017 9 0.000002517 9 -100%
2018 19 0.000005404 19 -100%
2019 15 0.000004322 15 -100%
2020 9 0.000002694 9 -100%
2021 14 0.000004132 14 -100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 -100%
2023 14 0.000004228 14 -100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 -100%

Explore other names

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  1. Weslen
  2. Wesley
  3. Wesli
  4. Weslie
  5. Weslin
  6. Wesly (this page)
  7. Weslyn
  8. Weslynn
  9. Wesner
  10. Wess
  11. Wessam