Wesley
70
Babies in 2024
+32%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 185
+23%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Wesley
Wesley peaked among UK boys' names in the late 1990s (185 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 70 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Wesley reached its peak in 1996, when 185 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #178 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 70 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 2,513 boys have been officially registered with the name Wesley in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 637 boys were registered with the name, starting from 53 in 2014 and ending at 70 in 2024.