Wesly
Wesly is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Wesly Decas, Honduran footballer Wesly Felix, Haitian boxer Wesly Mallard, American football player
Meaning & Origin of Wesly
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Wesly is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Wesly Decas, Honduran footballer Wesly Felix, Haitian boxer Wesly Mallard, American football player
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The Story of Wesly
Wesly first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1915, with 8 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2002, when 32 Weslys were born — ranking #2,882 that year. As of 2026, Wesly ranks #7,613 for baby boys with 8 births, falling sharply (-33%). In total, more than 1K Weslys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Wesly
Wesly is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Wesly's peak popularity came in 2002 when it ranked #1,915. Use the chart and map above to compare Wesly's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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