Wayland

#2,284 for boys in 2025, 61 births

Peak · boys
#765
1912 · 32 births
Debut · boys
1884
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,220
since 1884

Wayland over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Wayland has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201908peak #765, 1912boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,28461
2024#3,10439
2023#2,22164
2022#2,75347
2021#2,58850
2020#3,73428
2019#2,69447
2018#2,63547
2017#3,37833
2016#2,88541
2015#2,96639
2014#3,29733
2013#5,92314
2012#3,71428
2011#5,67515
2010#6,69812
2009#4,74820
2008#6,39313
2007#4,37522
2006#4,52020
2005#6,22612
2004#4,26420
2003#5,55813
2002#7,0559
2001#6,01311
2000#4,38917
1999#3,98618
1998#3,84918
1997#4,24615
1996#3,02124
1995#3,85416
1994#2,84725
1993#3,24620
1992#2,90923
1991#2,40629
1990#3,05820
1989#2,29229
1988#3,20316
1987#2,64120
1986#2,29024
1985#2,35722
1984#1,79631
1983#2,20823
1982#1,67735
1981#2,08625
1980#1,54739
1979#1,75332
1978#1,41043
1977#1,33546
1976#1,39041
1975#1,42938
1974#1,18249
1973#1,17649
1972#1,41836
1971#1,15750
1970#1,17849
1969#1,08651
1968#1,33933
1967#1,11744
1966#1,42829
1965#1,40530
1964#1,16144
1963#1,25538
1962#1,18743
1961#1,36834
1960#1,17844
1959#1,30236
1958#1,07151
1957#1,43630
1956#1,38531
1955#1,37031
1954#1,06849
1953#1,10244
1952#1,32332
1951#91559
1950#1,27232
1949#1,08542
1948#91057
1947#95655
1946#1,06042
1945#1,18031
1944#1,13534
1943#92352
1942#85159
1941#89850
1940#83057
1939#91646
1938#85253
1937#90647
1936#89347
1935#91548
1934#86952
1933#92646
1932#1,00443
1931#1,03142
1930#1,13238
1929#1,07841
1928#95051
1927#1,06044
1926#93153
1925#87159
1924#92557
1923#1,07644
1922#94954
1921#1,12240
1920#1,13939
1919#1,03443
1918#1,03542
1917#1,09237
1916#1,13833
1915#1,10034
1914#89837
1913#81834
1912#76532
1911#1,11710
1910#1,1189
1909#1,2776
1908#1,1137
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First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Wayland! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Wayland
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 820 spots since 2024 (#3,104 → #2,284)
  • 1,450 spots since 2020 (#3,734 → #2,284)
  • 682 spots since 2015 (#2,966 → #2,284)
  • Biggest jump: 357 spots in 1951 (#1,272 → #915)
  • Biggest drop: 408 spots in 1952 (#915 → #1,323)
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1912 at #765 (32 births)
  • Births halved by 1988, 76 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1933–1943
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,436
  • Highest: 1 in 13,436 boys born in 1912 were named Wayland (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 28,001 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 11.4% of all boys named Wayland (482) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s18#789 (1889)#868
1890s10#963 (1891)#1,042
1900s13#1,113 (1908)#1,195
1910s311#765 (1912)#1,012
1920s482#871 (1925)#1,010
1930s462#852 (1938)#944
1940s479#830 (1940)#983
1950s395#915 (1951)#1,224
1960s390#1,086 (1969)#1,252
1970s433#1,157 (1971)#1,343
1980s264#1,547 (1980)#2,210
1990s208#2,406 (1991)#3,342
2000s157#4,264 (2004)#5,354
2010s309#2,635 (2018)#3,987
2020s289#2,221 (2023)#2,781

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Wayland in 1908

boys
#1,113
7 births · 1 in 22,048 boys

Top boys' names in 1908

  1. #1John9,343
  2. #2William7,529
  3. #3James7,012
  4. #4George4,584
  5. #5Robert4,219
  6. #6Joseph4,162
  7. #7Charles3,929
  8. #8Frank3,146
  9. #9Edward2,707
  10. #10Thomas2,301
  11. #1,113Wayland7
More about 1908

boys

154,336 boys got a published name in 1908; 1 in 22,048 of them was named Wayland, which outranked 29.7% of the 1,584 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wayland
  1. #1,021Whitney8
  2. #1,021Willy8
  3. #1,021Winford8
  4. #1,113Wayland7
  5. #1,113Adolfo7
  6. #1,113Agnes7
  7. #1,113Agustin7
  8. #1,217Acie6
  9. #1,217Alberta6
  10. #1,217Aldon6

Tied with 103 names at #1,113; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1907
Risers
  1. ↑ 634Ludwig#1,200 → #566
  2. ↑ 633Norval#1,345 → #712
  3. ↑ 601Duke#1,345 → #744
  4. ↑ 601Francesco#1,345 → #744
  5. ↑ 601Guss#1,345 → #744
Fallers
  1. ↓ 709Elden#664 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 709Minor#664 → #1,373
  3. ↓ 595Ezell#778 → #1,373
  4. ↓ 595Fleming#778 → #1,373
  5. ↓ 558Bessie#815 → #1,373

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1908 →