girls:
99 births since 1986
#5617 (2nd percentile)
boys:
65.7k births since 1882
#411 (91st percentile)
overall:
65.8k births since 1882
#905 (88th percentile)
The name Weston is the #905 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 65,809 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 88.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 88.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #411 (91.1% percentile) for all time with 65,710 births since 1882. For girls, it ranks #5,617 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 99 births since 1986.
Weston first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for boys and 1986 for girls). Birth data for Weston is available in 129 out of the 142 years between 1882 and 2023 (129 years for boys and 12 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 Weston has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.8% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Weston reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 92.1% percentile (ranked #73) with 2,379 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 2,379 births per million (ranked 92.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2001, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Weston is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #73 (92.1% percentile) with 2,379 births per million.
For girls, Weston reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #939) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Weston is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #939 (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Weston".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Weston is pronounced as WEH-stuhn, which has 2 syllables.
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