West
About West
West is the most fashionable of what you might call the direction names, with North and East (or Easton and Easter) coming up behind, and South not yet on the map.
Country singer Randy Houser named his baby boy West Yantz, but West is definitely shaping up to be a unisex name: West Flynn is the daughter of Marley Shelton, Tea Lioni and David Ducovney named their girl Madelaine West, and Maura West put her surname into middle place for her daughter Birdie.
West has an obvious western cowboy feel, very much in tune with others like Zane, Wylie and Wyatt. And it's the perfect nickname for the more buttoned-up Weston or Wesley.
Pronounced WEST.
As of October 2026, West ranked #1255 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #396 in 1886.
Editor's take: The name West is a boy's name.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,254 | 60 | 31.2 |
| 2015 | #1,930 | 76 | 39.7 |
| 2016 | #2,008 | 72 | 37.9 |
| 2017 | #1,859 | 80 | 43.2 |
| 2018 | #1,853 | 82 | 45.2 |
| 2019 | #1,657 | 98 | 54.6 |
| 2020 | #1,867 | 80 | 46.3 |
| 2021 | #1,782 | 90 | 51.4 |
| 2022 | #1,419 | 130 | 74.5 |
| 2023 | #1,847 | 87 | 50.9 |
| 2024 | #1,338 | 143 | 83 |
| 2025 | #1,255 | 159 | 93.1 |
World rankings
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West on lists
Famous Wests
- William West Anderson
birth name of Adam West, American actor
- West Anaximander Collins (b. 2010)
son of actor Misha Collins
- West Yantz Houser (b. 2012)
son of country singer Randy Houser
- Kanye West
American rapper/producer
West in pop culture
- West Rosen
character on TV series "Heroes"
- West Collins
character in the book "She Is One of the Boys" by E.M. Molleja