Weslee
Weslee was the 2600th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 51 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 2507th with 54 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 825 places. More babies were named Weslee in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Wesley) western meadow (surname) · Old English
- Rank in 2025
- #2,600 boys, up 240 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 51boys
- Girls and boys
- 31% girls, 69% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202354 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,516babies recorded
What does the name Weslee mean?
Weslee is a spelling of Wesley, pronounced the same way, so it shares Wesley's meaning and origin.
Wesley is an English surname taken from places whose names joined Old English west, 'west', with leah, a wood or clearing. As a first name it spread in the 18th and 19th centuries in honor of John and Charles Wesley, the founders of Methodism, especially among Methodist families in Britain and America. Today it is used without that religious link. Wes is the usual short form.
west (Old English, “west”)lēah (Old English, “wood, clearing, meadow”)
How sure is this? Well established.
See also: English names, names that mean meadow, hill or valley, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Wesley', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Wesley (name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Weslee popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,112 | #2,600 | 16 | 51 |
| 2020 | #7,198 | #2,840 | 16 | 43 |
| 2010 | #11,205 | #3,070 | 10 | 38 |
| 2000 | #17,544 | #4,060 | 5 | 20 |
| 1990 | — | #3,600 | — | 17 |
| 1980 | #12,119 | #7,267 | 5 | 5 |
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How popular is Weslee, counting every spelling?
Weslee is a spelling of Wesley, a name family that ranked #61 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,600 for Weslee on its own. Together these spellings went to 5,642 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley | 5,578 | #52 | 24,179 |
| Weslee | 51 | #2,600 | 236 |
| Wesly | 13 | #6,781 | 55 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Weslee?
51 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Weslee (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Weslee born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 165 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Weslee.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Weslee?
About 1,200 people born in the US named Weslee are alive today, with a median age of 16; half are between 7 and 26. That makes Weslee mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Weslee by state
How common Weslee was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Weslee: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Weslee, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Weslee
What does Weslee mean?
Weslee is a spelling of Wesley, which means “western meadow (surname)” (Old English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Weslee?
Weslee was the 2600th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 51 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 2507th with 54 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 825 places. More babies were named Weslee in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Weslee a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 31% girls, 69% boys given the name Weslee in the US.
Where is Weslee most popular?
In 2021–2025, Weslee was most common in Ohio (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by Missouri and Michigan.