Wellington
Wellington reached its high-water mark in 1922 at number 891, and has been recorded 2,879 times in all. In 2025 it ranked 4,249th. About 1,400 Wellingtons are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 31.
Popularity, 1880–2025
boys named Wellington
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 2,879
- Estimated living today
- 1,400
- Median age today
- 31
- Peak year
- 1922
- Best rank
- 891st
- Rank in 2025
- 4,249th
- First recorded
- 1880
How old the living Wellingtons are
born that year still alive today
Of the 2,879 babies given the name since 1880, about 1,400 are alive — 50 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1994 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Notable Wellingtons
- Wellington Koo (1888–1985)Diplomat and former President of the Republic of China
- Wellington Rocha (born 1990)East Timorese association football player
- Wellington Daniel Bueno (born 1995)Brazilian association football player
- Wellington Luís de Sousa (born 1988)Brazilian association football player
- Wellington Clayton Gonçalves dos Santos (born 1983)Brazilian association football player
- Wellington Nem (born 1992)Brazilian footballer
- Wellington da Silva de Souza (born 1987)Brazilian association football player
- Wellington Silva (born 1993)Brazilian association football player
People named Wellington with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Where Wellington is most common
Relative to how many babies each state records, Wellington is most concentrated in Michigan (7.0×), New York (5.1×), Pennsylvania (4.0×).
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1922
The most popular boys’ names the year Wellington peaked:
Related names
Wellington against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.