Wells

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Wells is ranked 376th among boys in 2024 (865 births). Its best rank was 376th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #376up 71 from 2023
Births in 2024: 8650.05% of boys
Peak year: 2024865 births
Best rank: #376in 2024
Since 1881: 6,201people given the name

Babies named Wells, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

6,040 boys have been named Wells in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 865 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2020, and the 2020s alone account for 56%. It has spent 10 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 161 girls have also been given it, 2.6% of the total.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Wells
1880s	16
1890s	5
1900s	6
1910s	172
1920s	193
1930s	119
1940s	110
1950s	90
1960s	68
1970s	87
1980s	71
1990s	103
2000s	166
2010s	1,472
2020s	3,362

In 2024, its biggest year

Wells was the 376th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Wells

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.