Wellesley
#14,827 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Wellesley has been given to 68 babies in the U.S. since 2015. In 2025 it ranked #14,827 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 8 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 62% girls, 38% boys all-time.
Babies named Wellesley, 2025
1 in 553,000
Wellesley over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Wellesley over time
In 2025, Wellesley went to 46% girls and 54% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Wellesley?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 553,000
- 6 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 268,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #14,827
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 382,984 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Wellesley sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Wellesley. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Wellesleys were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Wellesley was born before 2020 — so the typical Wellesley is around 5 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 59.5% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 42
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 59.5% of all recorded uses (25).
Is Wellesley rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +2,551
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +1,471
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.00×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 75.0%
- Peak was 2021 (8)
- Years since peak
- 4
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 40.0% average annual change
Wellesley around the world
Where Wellesley ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- South Australia1947–1950#318in 1950
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Wellesley by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Wellesley
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Wellesley
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.