Weslee
Masculine · “west meadow”
Weslee is given to both — 1,233 boys and 283 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Weslee respells Wesley — the west meadow — and John Wesley's surname gave a whole denomination its name.
How old is the name Weslee?
Weslee first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Weslee alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 1,200 people named Weslee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Weslee most popular?
Weslee peaked in 2023, reaching #2480 nationally. Today it ranks #2572, 92 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Where it comes from
From west leah to Weslee
The story of Weslee
John Wesley rode an estimated quarter of a million miles on horseback preaching, and the movement that followed him became Methodism; the surname entered given-name use through admiration for him. Weslee is a modern respelling and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
west meadow
Through Wesley, from the Old English west and leah, 'wood' or 'clearing'. Several English places are Westley or Wesley. The elements are ordinary Old English and the reading undisputed. The -lee respelling is modern American.
How the name formed
- west leah
- Wesley
- Weslee
Related forms: Wesley · Weslie
Pronouncing Weslee
WES-lee
Two syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.
Nicknames for Weslee
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1976
- Most boys named
- 202354 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2480reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- −1.9%51 in 2025, from 52
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Weslee in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Wesley in English — spelling variant
- Weslie in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Ohio, Texas, Indiana.
Weslees among us
people named Weslee are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 33,492 born in 2025 was named Weslee
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Marcy test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Weslee's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Marcy climbed just as high around 1937, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Marcy's path sketches the road Weslee is walking now.
Weslee sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Weslee is headed
Weslee should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Weslee beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Weslee in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That John Wesley rode a quarter of a million miles is a first-rate fact.
- Wes and Lee are two short forms, both with real records.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- Wesley is overwhelmingly the standard spelling.
- At least three spellings of the sound are in circulation.
- It is used for both sexes in America.
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Masculine · #2572 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Weslees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Weslee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Weslee in 2025?
- Weslee ranks #2572 among US boy names in 2025, with 51 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Weslee?
- About 1 in every 33,492 US boys born in 2025 was named Weslee — 51 in all.
- Will my child share the name Weslee with classmates?
- Weslee will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Weslee
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