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West

Boy's name · #1255 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

West belongs to an older America first — it reached #396 back in 1886 — yet it still appears in today's records at #1255. About 3,700 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 9 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,374 in Canada (2025) · #2,144 in Sweden (2025) · #5,137 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,434 in Austria (2023).

Famous Wests

• West Arkeen — American singer-songwriter (1960–1997)
• West Weeks — American football player (born 2002)
• West Mulholland — American actor
• West Ford — Manager of Mount Vernon, founder of Gum Springs (1784–1863)
• West Hughes Humphreys — American judge (1806–1882)

In stories & tradition

• West Rosen^tr — Heroes (TV series)

What Wests become

Among 23 notable people named West:

Entertainers appear 2.52× more often than among typical names — e.g. West Arkeen, American singer-songwriter (1960–1997).

Similar names: Smith · Wes · Hampton · Warner · Ernest · Holt

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