Westin
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- West Town. Surname.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Westin
Westin is an English surname meaning "west town," originally describing someone from a settlement to the west before becoming a family name and, more recently, a given name. This particular spelling gives the place-rooted classic a fresh, streamlined look, carrying a breezy sense of open spaces and frontier directness while fitting neatly into the modern taste for surname-names with a crisp, contemporary edge. It evokes both heritage and a wide American horizon.
The name's appeal lies in that combination of rugged, directional imagery and clean, two-syllable style — a name that suggests both rootedness and a sense of adventure. It has an easygoing, outdoorsy spirit that pairs well with the current fashion for sturdy, surname-style boys' names. Its recorded variant is Westen, a slight respelling that keeps the same airy, westward feel while offering a subtly different finish.
Westin first entered the US Social Security top-1000 for boys in 2009, climbed to its best rank of #597 in 2023, and has remained in the rankings since, appearing at #726 in 2024 after standing at #649 in 2022. Across that run it has been given to roughly 5,152 boys. Its steady rise marks Westin as a name very much in favor — a modern, surname-style choice with an easygoing, frontier spirit and a fresh, streamlined look on the page.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Westin
US Popularity History (2009–2025)
Annual US births named Westin by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2023 with 474 boys named Westin (boy rank #597 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #689 for boys (396 US births). That's 92 places below its 2023 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Westin Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Westin the strongest states are Kansas, Iowa, Arkansas.
Strongest boys-name states
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illinois | #922 | 70 |
| 2 | California | #889 | 161 |
| 3 | Texas | #827 | 282 |
| 4 | Florida | #779 | 136 |
| 5 | Virginia | #777 | 47 |
| 6 | Arizona | #756 | 77 |
| 7 | Colorado | #743 | 61 |
| 8 | Maryland | #715 | 28 |
| 9 | Georgia | #704 | 76 |
| 10 | North Carolina | #696 | 108 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Westin in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westen | West Town. Surname. | Male | English |
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Westin against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).