Westley

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Westley: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Westley: Recorded since 1977, with a gap of 18 years, its highest recorded position is #293, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
48years from first to last
#293highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Westley's record

Absent from every published list for 18 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1458
1997	#2337
1998	#2074
2000	#3036
2001	#3134
2003	#2857
2004	#2578
2005	#3208
2007	#3589
2008	#4432
2011	#3300
2013	#3822
2014	#3362
2015	#3908
2016	#4810
2017	#3040
2018	#3412
2019	#3937
2020	#4608
2021	#4789
2022	#4001
2023	#4991
2024	#3254

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 23 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1977–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1458 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Westley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Westley in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	17	3 of 10	6
2000s	26	7 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	36	8 of 10	5
2020s	19	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Westley appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1977 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #293 in Republic of Ireland in 1977.

Westley's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#293	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1977 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #293, first reached in 1977.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 18 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 19 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Corbin · #293, 26y
Harri · #293, 29y
Krish · #294, 26y
Oluwatobi · #292, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Jenni · #293, 35y
Marissa · #294, 44y
Bebhinn · #290, 38y
Tilla · #296, 28y

Westley was ranked #293 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1977. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Westley and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Westley without appearing here.

Westley moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Shannon Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #3040 and #4812.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4991 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Westley

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Isak Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2488.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2728.
Tadhg Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1458 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2337 and #1174.

Moved the opposite way to Westley

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Westley went from #1458 to #3254 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Westley went from #1458 to #3254 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Westley went from #1458 to #3254 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Westley went from #1458 to #3254 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Westley

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Westley went from #1458 to #3254 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Westley went from #1458 to #3254 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Westley went from #1458 to #3254 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Westley went from #1458 to #3254 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1977 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #293 in Republic of Ireland in 1977. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Westley

Westley at a glance

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Popularity journey

Westley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Popularity data

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Westley at a glance

What stands out in Westley's record

Westley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Westley appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Westley

Westley and the names beside it

Westley moved ahead of

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