Weslie
Feminine · “west meadow”
Weslie is given to both — 628 girls and 395 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Weslie respells Wesley — the west meadow — and John Wesley's surname gave a whole denomination its name.
How old is the name Weslie?
Weslie first appears in US birth records in 1943 — 82 years ago. The typical Weslie is a kid of about 4 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Weslie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Weslie most popular?
Weslie peaked in 2024, reaching #2248 nationally. Today it ranks #2326, 78 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
From west leah to Weslie
The story of Weslie
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. Weslie is a modern feminine 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 -lie respelling is modern American.
How the name formed
- west leah
- Wesley
- Weslie
Related forms: Wesley · Weslee
Pronouncing Weslie
WES-lee
Two syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.
Nicknames for Weslie
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
- 1943
- Most girls named
- 202483 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2248reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −6.0%78 in 2025, from 83
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.
Weslie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Wesley in English — spelling variant
- Weslee in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Utah, Texas.
Weslies among us
people named Weslie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 20,606 born in 2025 was named Weslie
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 Evanna test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Weslie's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Evanna climbed just as high around 1956, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Evanna's path sketches the road Weslie is walking now.
Weslie 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 Weslie is headed
Weslie looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 54% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Weslie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Weslie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls 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.
- It reads as masculine to most English speakers.
- It will be respelled by other people constantly.
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Feminine · #2326 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Weslies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Weslie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Weslie in 2025?
- Weslie ranks #2326 among US girl names in 2025, with 78 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Weslie?
- About 1 in every 20,606 US girls born in 2025 was named Weslie — 78 in all.
- Will my child share the name Weslie with classmates?
- Weslie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Weslie
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