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At a glance

U.S. rank 2025
#917 of boy names
Babies in 2025
257 (0.014% of boys)
Trend
Steady #850 in 2020 to #917 in 2025
Peak
#800 in 2021
First recorded
2004

Meaning of Wesson

Wesson (pronounced WEH-suhn) rides in from the English countryside—where his surname roots likely meant “son of Wes” or “west-settler”—and gallops straight into modern nurseries with the confidence of a telenovela hero spinning a lasso under neon lights. Picture a little caballero whose name blends the Old World charm of pastoral hedgerows with the swagger of Smith & Wesson lore: a straight-shooting nod to the American frontier, yet softened by that friendly sibilant “s” that feels as warm as a summer siesta. Over the last two decades Wesson has climbed the U.S. charts from a mere five newborns in 2004 to more than two hundred tiny trailblazers in 2024, proof that parents are saddling up for that rugged-yet-refined “-son” sound. He’s a name that hums like a mariachi trumpet—bold, bright, and impossible to ignore—while still leaving plenty of room for nicknames like Wes or Sonny when the fiesta winds down.

How to pronounce Wesson

English

Popularity of Wesson in the U.S.

Wesson was the #917 boy name in the U.S. in 2025, with 257 babies. It peaked at #800 in 2021 and has been in the top 1,000 since 2016. It first appears in the records in 2004.

Bar and line chart: Wesson in the U.S., 2004–2025. Bars: boys given the name each year, most 306 in 2021 and 257 in 2025. Line: rank among boy names, peak #800 in 2021, #917 in 2025.
  • Boys named Wesson (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 2004–2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 2004⁠–⁠2025 22 rows
Wesson: babies and rank among boy names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2025257917▲ 33
2024241950▼ 1
2023238949▼ 28
2022251921▼ 121
2021306800▲ 50
2020268850▲ 65
2019240915▼ 3
2018236912▼ 22
2017242890▲ 103
2016205993▲ 77
20151851,070▲ 109
20141581,179▲ 361
20131031,540▲ 189
2012871,729▲ 376
2011632,105▲ 1,076
2010353,181▼ 334
2009422,847▲ 1,197
2008254,044▲ 2,218
2007136,262▼ 168
2006136,094▲ 4,057
2005610,151▲ 1,205
2004511,356new

Wesson by state

Wesson ranks #333 in Mississippi (2025).

Map: Wesson's 2025 rank among boy names in each U.S. state
Rank among boy names by state, 2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Rank by state 23 states
Wesson: rank and babies by state, 2025
StateRankBabies
Mississippi3339
Tennessee39820
Oklahoma42610
Kentucky4859
Wisconsin5239
Arkansas5555
Georgia56618
Iowa5715
Ohio57717
South Carolina6087
Alabama6856
North Carolina77511
Arizona7817
Missouri7896
Pennsylvania79210
Indiana8446
Michigan9057
Washington9995
Illinois1,1336
New York1,2029
Florida1,3538
Texas1,55511
California1,58210