# Wells name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/m/wells
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Wells ranked #347 officially for boys in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #351.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #347
- Birth count: 944
- Rate per 10,000: 5.53

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Wells
- Rank: #351
- Birth count: 944
- Rate per 10,000: 5.53
- Official count multiplier: 1.00x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.01
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.03
- Expected per school of 300: 0.09
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 2.8%

## Trend
- Label: recently peaked
- Peak rate year: 2025
- Best rank year: 2025
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 100.0%

## Spelling components
- Wells: 944 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology