Weston

What Weston means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #120 in 2015, #55 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Weston?

US: Rising: up from #120 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2483 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 5,482 boys got the name (#55 that year). First in the US records in 1882.

How common

• About 1 in 312 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 12,361 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 VT (17.33 per 1,000 boys), MT (11.42 per 1,000 boys), WV (10.23 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Weston is #55 in the US and #1276 in England & Wales (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 Weston were boys.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Westin396 US
• Westyn371 US
• Westen162 US
• Westynn15 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 Weston

Boys

• Graham#120“gravel + homestead”^*
• Everett#77Same root as Everard, meaning “wild boar + hard, brave”^*
• Barrett#171Editor’s note 2,138 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
• Elliot#151Variant of Elliott, meaning “my God is Yahweh”^*
• Dean#125“valley”^*
• Felix#175“happy, lucky”^*

For a sister

• Rosalie#171“rose”^*
• Blakely#191Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #191 vs #1,407 in 2025
• June#150From the word “name”^*
• Alice#65“noble + character”^*
• Sloane#141Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #327 in 2015, #141 in 2025
• Vera#205“faith”^*

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