Included spellings have at least 100 published 2025 male records. The page lists up to 100, highest count first. Letters with fewer than 10 qualifying spellings are not given a page. Download this list (CSV)

2025 male records.
Rank	Name	2025 count	Change since 2024
9	William	10,545	Down 102
38	Wyatt	6,480	Down 125
52	Wesley	5,578	Up 416
55	Weston	5,482	Up 810
56	Waylon	5,408	Up 516
78	Walker	4,204	Up 171
240	Warren	1,471	Up 142
252	Walter	1,381	Up 112
344	Wade	948	Down 62
347	Wells	944	Up 75
382	Winston	830	Up 31
431	Wilder	743	Down 93
619	Westley	453	Up 34
655	Wayne	422	Up 26
671	Wylder	407	Up 4
673	Wilson	405	Down 27
689	Westin	396	Up 33
716	Wes	376	Up 30
724	Westyn	371	Up 51
849	Waylen	289	Down 27
919	Wesson	257	Up 16
964	Wallace	241	Up 12
1,011	Watson	224	Down 55
1,090	Wren	198	Down 19
1,182	Wylie	175	Up 11
1,195	Will	170	Up 17
1,226	Wiley	165	Down 16
1,239	Westen	162	Up 28
1,251	Wisdom	160	Up 110
1,255	West	159	Up 14
1,322	Willie	147	Up 9
1,365	Warner	137	Up 17
1,476	Woods	121	Up 27
1,519	Wolfgang	115	No change
1,653	Woodrow	102	Up 3

Rising spellings with 100–499 2025 records

These W spellings grew from 2021 to 2025 and stayed under 500 published male records. A missing 2021 observation is skipped, not treated as zero.

Growth since 2021.
Name	2025 count	2021 count	Ratio
Wisdom	160	58	2.76×
Woods	121	64	1.89×
Westyn	371	197	1.88×
Waylen	289	158	1.83×
Wylder	407	229	1.78×
West	159	90	1.77×
Wes	376	268	1.40×
Westley	453	340	1.33×
Wayne	422	318	1.33×
Westen	162	125	1.30×

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