girls:
51 births since 1988
#5665 (1st percentile)
boys:
9.2k births since 1887
#1226 (73rd percentile)
overall:
9.3k births since 1887
#2793 (64th percentile)
The name Westley is the #2,793 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,292 recorded births since 1887. This represents the 63.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 63.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,226 (73.3% percentile) for all time with 9,241 births since 1887. For girls, it ranks #5,665 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 51 births since 1988.
Westley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1887 (1887 for boys and 1988 for girls). Birth data for Westley is available in 129 out of the 137 years between 1887 and 2023 (129 years for boys and 8 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 Westley has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Westley reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 39.2% percentile (ranked #554) with 217 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 217 births per million (ranked 39.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2004, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Westley is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #554 (39.2% percentile) with 217 births per million.
For girls, Westley reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #931) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Westley ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 92.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Westley".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Westley. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.0% confident that Westley is pronounced as WEH-stlee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is WEH-slee, at 13.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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