Wells
Rank in 2025
#7491
recorded as girls
#345
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
958
girls 14 · boys 944
Peak year
2025
944 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
7,164
since 1881
Born a Wells? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Wells was most popular in 2025, when 944 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.55 per 1,000). In 2025, 944 babies were named Wells, ranking #345 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 102%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | 7491 | 944 | 345 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8443 | 869 | 377 |
| 2023 | 18 | 6409 | 696 | 447 |
| 2022 | 15 | 7281 | 659 | 467 |
| 2021 | 17 | 6691 | 621 | 482 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9546 | 521 | 545 |
| 2019 | 18 | 6414 | 432 | 626 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8146 | 327 | 730 |
| 2017 | 10 | 9943 | 233 | 916 |
| 2016 | 12 | 8875 | 124 | 1413 |
| 2015 | 7 | 13006 | 89 | 1729 |
| 2014 | 7 | 13069 | 88 | 1714 |
| 2013 | 6 | 14582 | 60 | 2182 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 51 | 2448 |
| 2011 | 5 | 16764 | 37 | 3046 |
| 2010 | 6 | 14959 | 32 | 3377 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 19 | 4922 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 17 | 5249 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 17 | 5210 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 17 | 5072 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 22 | 4062 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 22 | 4005 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 18 | 4426 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 10 | 6522 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 9 | 6935 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 15 | 4785 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 10 | 6042 |
| 1998 | 5 | 14122 | 14 | 4650 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 11 | 5288 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 6 | 7971 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 9 | 5928 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 9 | 5868 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 10 | 5360 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 11 | 4872 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 14 | 4005 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 9 | 5382 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 7 | 6229 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 8 | 5200 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 7 | 5459 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 11 | 3882 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 9 | 4333 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 11 | 3701 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 7 | 4907 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 6 | 5468 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 5 | 6250 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 10 | 3810 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 8 | 4157 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 6 | 5123 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 12 | 3095 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 6 | 4797 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 9 | 3558 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 13 | 2716 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 10 | 3146 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 13 | 2621 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 8 | 3314 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 12 | 2445 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 7 | 3231 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 5 | 3948 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 5 | 4039 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 7 | 3318 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 7 | 3305 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 7 | 3356 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 10 | 2685 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 6 | 3619 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 7 | 3275 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 7 | 3257 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 6 | 3535 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 12 | 2302 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 15 | 2044 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 7 | 3143 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 7 | 3095 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 10 | 2495 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 13 | 2111 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 8 | 2802 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 15 | 1943 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 11 | 2356 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 14 | 1949 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 12 | 2009 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 7 | 2862 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 14 | 1986 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 10 | 2386 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 10 | 2333 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 9 | 2478 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 12 | 2050 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 15 | 1818 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 11 | 2197 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 11 | 2246 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 15 | 1860 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 9 | 2542 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 13 | 2101 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 16 | 1843 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 17 | 1821 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 8 | 2980 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 16 | 1960 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 21 | 1692 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 15 | 2074 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 14 | 2193 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 22 | 1675 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 15 | 2123 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 27 | 1434 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 37 | 1178 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 18 | 1885 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 26 | 1408 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 17 | 1905 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 19 | 1693 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 21 | 1549 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 23 | 1410 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 20 | 1342 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 12 | 1580 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 20 | 1023 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 8 | 1290 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 6 | 1421 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 6 | 1162 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1896 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1895 | <5 | — | 5 | 1079 |
| 1894 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1893 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1892 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1891 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1890 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1889 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1888 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1887 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 6 | 845 |
| 1885 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1884 | <5 | — | 5 | 971 |
| 1883 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1882 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1881 | <5 | — | 5 | 866 |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 2% · boys 98% across all years