Wei
Meaning
great, greatness (偉)
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Wei has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
178 people · the #27,587 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 36
Among people named Wei living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Wei
Most people given the name Wei in the United States were born between 1980 and 2009. The Wei you meet today is most often in his 20s or 30s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Wei deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Wei truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Wei fits with your family’s names and surname.
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