Weller vs Wellington
American parents have registered 2,879 Wellingtons since 1880, against 209 Wellers. But in 2025 it was Weller that was commoner, 57 babies to 24.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Weller Wellington
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 140 years in which either name was published, Wellington for 137 years and Weller for 3 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.
- 1880–2021 Wellington ahead
- 2022 Weller ahead
- 2023 Wellington ahead
- 2024–2025 Weller ahead
Side by side
| Weller | Wellington | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 209 | 2,879 |
| Most in one year | 57 | 60 |
| Babies in 2025 | 57 | 24 |
| Estimated living today | 210 | 1,400 |
| Median age today | 2 | 31 |
| Peak year | 2025 | 1922 |
| Best rank | 2,390th boys | 891st boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 2,390th | 4,249th |
| First recorded | 2018 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 209 | 0 / 2,879 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Wellingtons alive today are over 31; half the Wellers are over 2. That is 29 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Weller and Wellington.