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Baby name
Wesley
Boy
Origin of the name
Wesley was first an English surname, meaning “western meadow.” John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, bore it.
Rising name
247,713births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 52rank at its peak, in 2025
Where babies named Wesley are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Wesley is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Wesley is most common in Alaska (1.7 times), Hawaii (1.7) and Montana (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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