girls:
522 births since 1986
#5194 (9th percentile)
boys:
115 births since 2009
#4471 (2nd percentile)
overall:
637 births since 1986
#7102 (8th percentile)
The name Weslyn is the #7,102 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 637 recorded births since 1986. This represents the 8.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,194 (9.1% percentile) for all time with 522 births since 1986. For boys, it ranks #4,471 (2.4% percentile) for all time with 115 births since 2009.
Weslyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1986 (1986 for girls and 2009 for boys). Birth data for Weslyn is available in 20 out of the 38 years between 1986 and 2023 (20 years for girls and 11 years for boys). 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 Weslyn has been given predominantly to girls, with 81.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 72.3% of babies named Weslyn were girls.
For girls, Weslyn reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 6.5% percentile (ranked #887) with 35 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 35 births per million (ranked 6.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Weslyn ranks #905 for girls (4.4% percentile) with 27 births per million, which is 75.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Weslyn reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #898) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Weslyn is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #898 (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Weslyn".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Weslyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.4% confident that Weslyn is pronounced as WEH-slihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is WEHZ-lihn, at 23.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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