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Wells

Boy

Rising name

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2025 was its best year: 944 births, or 1 baby in 3,512. The momentum is recent: births are up 286% over the last five years, compared with the decade before. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 345. 62% of all babies named Wells since 1880 were born in the 2020s.
6,989births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 345rank at its peak, in 2025

Where babies named Wells are born

2025

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The darker the blue, the more common Wells is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Wells is most common in Utah (5.8 times), North Carolina (1.8) and Tennessee (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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