Name meaning & stats
Wells
Wells means “spring”. 6,653 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“spring”
Well documented
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
6,653 US babies were named Wells between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Wells (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 93% of the family
- Wells 93%
- Welles 7%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)