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Westley

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #619 vs #2,440 in 2025

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,016, 2016: #903, 2017: #843, 2018: #786, 2019: #793, 2020: #746, 2021: #750, 2022: #718, 2023: #679, 2024: #656, 2025: #6191 in 3,771 boys in the US, 2025#619 · rising · was #1,016 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #3,908, 2016: #4,810, 2017: #3,040, 2018: #3,412, 2019: #3,937, 2020: #4,608, 2021: #4,789, 2022: #4,002, 2023: #4,992, 2024: #3,255, 2025: #2,4401 in 30,215 boys in E&W, 2025#2,440 · rising · was #3,908 in 2015

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What Westley means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Westley yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #619 vs #2,440 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Westley?

US 2025
#619
453 babies
▲ 37 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#2440
9 babies
▲ 815 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #1016 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #3908 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2025)

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 453 boys got the name (#619 that year). First in the US records in 1887.

How common

  • About 1 in 3,771 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 30,215 baby boys in England and Wales 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 AK (2.2 per 1,000 boys), MT (1.59 per 1,000 boys), SD (1.3 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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ME
WI
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MT
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SD
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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

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

US vs UK

Westley is #619 in the US and #2440 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#6194531 in 3,771#1016
England & Wales#244091 in 30,215#3908
Scotland––––

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.1% of US babies named Westley were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 20259453
England & Wales 202509
US all years since 18806510,119
England & Wales since 19960107

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Westly15 US
  • Westlee6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Westley

Boys

  • Warren#240“river, water”
  • Leon#138“lion”
  • Wesley#52“west + wood, clearing”
  • Beau#60Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #203 in 2015, #60 in 2025
  • Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
  • Harvey#251“iron + blazing”

For a sister

  • Blair#169“field, plain”
  • Rosemary#251“dew of the sea”
  • Rosie#283Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #775 in 2015, #283 in 2025
  • Blake#295“black”
  • Wrenley#158Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #158 vs #1,454 in 2025
  • Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025

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 Westley’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.

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