Wei
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 8 babies a year in the US.
Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Wei by the numbers
Wei was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 18 babies in 1998, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Wei
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.