girls:
467 births since 1943
#5249 (8th percentile)
boys:
382 births since 1914
#4204 (8th percentile)
overall:
849 births since 1914
#6890 (11th percentile)
The name Weslie is the #6,890 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 849 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 10.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,249 (8.1% percentile) for all time with 467 births since 1943. For boys, it ranks #4,204 (8.3% percentile) for all time with 382 births since 1914.
Weslie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1943 for girls). Birth data for Weslie is available in 75 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (56 years for boys and 33 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Weslie has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (55.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 85.9% of babies named Weslie were girls. Interestingly, until around 1986, the name was more popular for boys (86.2% boys from 1914 to 1985), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (79.7% girls from 1986 to 2023).
For girls, Weslie reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 5.9% percentile (ranked #891) with 35 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 35 births per million (ranked 5.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Weslie is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #891 (5.9% percentile) with 35 births per million.
For boys, Weslie reached its peak popularity in 1927, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #533) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1927, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Weslie ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 57.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Weslie".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Weslie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.5% confident that Weslie is pronounced as WEH-slee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is WEHZ-lee, at 42.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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