Wesson

What Wesson means

Diminutive of Wesley, meaning “west + wood, clearing”

diminutive of the male given name Wesley || Several places in England, from Old English west (“west”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Wesson” (revision 90746696) and “Wesley” (revision 92715476), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Wesson?

US: Rising: up from #1070 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 306 boys got the name (#800 that year). First in the US records in 2004.

How common

• About 1 in 6,646 baby boys in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MS (0.83 per 1,000 boys), OK (0.57 per 1,000 boys), TN (0.54 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Wesson is #917 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Wesson were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Wesson

Boys

• Kash#286Editor’s note Up from #382 in 2015 to #286 in 2025 in the US
• Lincoln#69“the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia”^*
• Emerson#254Editor’s note Up from #300 in 2015 to #254 in 2025 in the US
• Charlie#145Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #22 vs #145 in 2025
• Ace#164Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #419 in 2015, #164 in 2025
• Oliver#3Editor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records

For a sister

• Scarlett#32Editor’s note Down from #22 in 2015 to #32 in 2025 in the US
• Paisley#67“pasture”^*
• Charlotte#2Form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*
• Violet#13From the word “violet”^*
• Lucille#237Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 7,989 babies; 1,314 in 2025
• Evangeline#147“good news”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Wesson’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.