Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Wellington

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Wellington
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1922

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19222024

Peak year

1922

Decline from peak

38.3%

2024

All-time

2,855

Wellington has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1922, when 60 boys were named Wellington.

In 2024, only 37 boys were given the name.

Down 38.3% from its peak.

All told, about 2,855 Americans have been named Wellington and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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