Wells
Quick answers about Wells
How many people are named Wells?
An estimated 6,304 living Americans are named Wells.
How rare is Wells?
Wells is moderately uncommon among babies today, with 944 boys receiving the name in 2025, matching its recorded peak.
How old is the typical Wells?
The median age of a living American named Wells is approximately 5 years, with most bearers falling between 2 and 8 years old.
Is Wells still popular?
Yes — Wells is currently rising in popularity, with 944 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 12.7× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Wells most common?
Wells has its strongest geographic signal in Utah, where it appears 5.1× more often than the national baseline.
Wells is most concentrated in Utah — about 5.1× the national rate in the 2020s. It also runs high in Nebraska.
States where Wells is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.