Westen Boy
How popular is Westen?
#1,235 boy name in 2025
162 baby boys were named Westen in the US in 2025, making it the 1235th most popular boy name.
Westen popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,235 for boys (▲ 162 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 162 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+108% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,870 in 2015, #1,833 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (162 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,235 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1980 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Westen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Weston family of names ranked #47 for boys in 2025 (#59 the year before), with 6,426 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Westen is most popular
Babies named Westen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Westen by decade
Boy names about as popular as Westen
Questions
- Is Westen a boy or girl name?
- Westen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Westen were boys.
- How popular is the name Westen?
- 162 baby boys were named Westen in the US in 2025, making it the 1235th most popular boy name.
- When was Westen most popular?
- Westen peaked in 2025, when 162 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,235 in 2025.
- How many people are named Westen?
- 1,907 babies have been named Westen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,890 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Westen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Westen was most common in Missouri, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.