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Wells name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Wells ranks #347 in male records (944 reported) and #7,865 in female records (14 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#7,865 · 14 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count increased by 2 female records (12 to 14); rank moved from #8,919 to #7,865.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 3 female records (17 to 14); rank moved from #6,950 to #7,865.
2025 male rank and count
#347 · 944 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count increased by 75 male records (869 to 944); rank moved from #378 to #347.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count increased by 323 male records (621 to 944); rank moved from #482 to #347.
Peak year in available data
2025: 944 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Wells becoming more popular?

Wells's reported male count increased by 75 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #378 to #347. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Wells in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for WellsFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.9440201620252016: 12 female records2017: 10 female records2018: 13 female records2019: 18 female records2020: 10 female records2021: 17 female records2022: 15 female records2023: 18 female records2024: 12 female records2025: 14 female records2016: 124 male records2017: 233 male records2018: 327 male records2019: 432 male records2020: 521 male records2021: 621 male records2022: 659 male records2023: 696 male records2024: 869 male records2025: 944 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025147,865944347
2024128,919869378
2023186,662696447
2022157,608659469
2021176,950621482
20201010,209521546
2019186,688432628
2018138,583327731
20171010,652233916
2016129,3941241,418

Questions about Wells’s popularity

How common is Wells in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Wells ranks #347 in male records (944 reported) and #7,865 in female records (14 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Wells?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Wells only.

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