Wellington
About Wellington
Wellington is a tony-sounding English surname turned baby name by pregnancy guru Rosie Pope, who calls her son Wells for short. It's also the middle name of one of the Sweet Home sextuplets, Blu Wellington.
Pronounced WEL-ing-tun.
As of October 2026, Wellington ranked #4382 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #496 in 1891.
Editor's take: The name Wellington is a boy's name meaning "people living in the hamlet in the cleared area near the temple".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | #4,536 | 22 | 11.5 |
| 2016 | #3,521 | 32 | 16.9 |
| 2017 | #3,516 | 32 | 17.3 |
| 2018 | #3,439 | 33 | 18.2 |
| 2019 | #2,894 | 43 | 24 |
| 2020 | #2,839 | 43 | 24.9 |
| 2021 | #3,117 | 39 | 22.3 |
| 2022 | #3,685 | 31 | 17.8 |
| 2023 | #3,700 | 31 | 18.1 |
| 2024 | #3,260 | 37 | 21.5 |
| 2025 | #4,382 | 24 | 14.1 |
Similar names
These 20 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Wellington.
- Fielding
- Lonnie
- Barnes
- Van
- Bingham
- Powell
- Chaplin
- Hewitt
- Hardy
- Woodford
- Maguire
- Topher
- Frasier
- Gibson
- Bristow
- Wit
- Hodge
- Stanton
- Wrigley
- Hughes
Wellington on lists
Famous Wellingtons
- Wellington Timothy Mara
American businessman and co,owner of the New York Giants; grandfather of actresses Kate and Rooney Mara
- Wellington Albert
Papuan New Guinean rugby league footballer
- (V. K.) Wellington Koo
Chinese Premier and diplomat
- Wellington Pedzisai Masakadza
Zimbabwean cricketer
- Wellington Reade "Wells" Pope (b. 2011)
son of Rosie and Daron Pope
- Arthur Wellesley
1st Duke of Wellington, hero of the battle of Waterloo
Wellington in pop culture
- J. Wellington Wimpy
character in the Popeye cartoons
- Wellington
capital of New Zealand
- Wellington
beef dish
- Wellington
dog in the book and play "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night,Time"