Name meaning & stats
Wes
Wes means “western meadow”. 6,654 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“western meadow”
Pet form of Wesley
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
6,654 US babies were named Wes between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Wes (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: 94% of the family
- Wes 94%
- Wess 6%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)