Wayland
#2,284 for boys in 2025, 61 births
- Peak · boys
- 1912 · 32 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,220since 1884
Wayland over time
Rank among boys' names. Wayland has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,284 | 61 |
| 2024 | #3,104 | 39 |
| 2023 | #2,221 | 64 |
| 2022 | #2,753 | 47 |
| 2021 | #2,588 | 50 |
| 2020 | #3,734 | 28 |
| 2019 | #2,694 | 47 |
| 2018 | #2,635 | 47 |
| 2017 | #3,378 | 33 |
| 2016 | #2,885 | 41 |
| 2015 | #2,966 | 39 |
| 2014 | #3,297 | 33 |
| 2013 | #5,923 | 14 |
| 2012 | #3,714 | 28 |
| 2011 | #5,675 | 15 |
| 2010 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2009 | #4,748 | 20 |
| 2008 | #6,393 | 13 |
| 2007 | #4,375 | 22 |
| 2006 | #4,520 | 20 |
| 2005 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #4,264 | 20 |
| 2003 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #4,389 | 17 |
| 1999 | #3,986 | 18 |
| 1998 | #3,849 | 18 |
| 1997 | #4,246 | 15 |
| 1996 | #3,021 | 24 |
| 1995 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1993 | #3,246 | 20 |
| 1992 | #2,909 | 23 |
| 1991 | #2,406 | 29 |
| 1990 | #3,058 | 20 |
| 1989 | #2,292 | 29 |
| 1988 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | #2,641 | 20 |
| 1986 | #2,290 | 24 |
| 1985 | #2,357 | 22 |
| 1984 | #1,796 | 31 |
| 1983 | #2,208 | 23 |
| 1982 | #1,677 | 35 |
| 1981 | #2,086 | 25 |
| 1980 | #1,547 | 39 |
| 1979 | #1,753 | 32 |
| 1978 | #1,410 | 43 |
| 1977 | #1,335 | 46 |
| 1976 | #1,390 | 41 |
| 1975 | #1,429 | 38 |
| 1974 | #1,182 | 49 |
| 1973 | #1,176 | 49 |
| 1972 | #1,418 | 36 |
| 1971 | #1,157 | 50 |
| 1970 | #1,178 | 49 |
| 1969 | #1,086 | 51 |
| 1968 | #1,339 | 33 |
| 1967 | #1,117 | 44 |
| 1966 | #1,428 | 29 |
| 1965 | #1,405 | 30 |
| 1964 | #1,161 | 44 |
| 1963 | #1,255 | 38 |
| 1962 | #1,187 | 43 |
| 1961 | #1,368 | 34 |
| 1960 | #1,178 | 44 |
| 1959 | #1,302 | 36 |
| 1958 | #1,071 | 51 |
| 1957 | #1,436 | 30 |
| 1956 | #1,385 | 31 |
| 1955 | #1,370 | 31 |
| 1954 | #1,068 | 49 |
| 1953 | #1,102 | 44 |
| 1952 | #1,323 | 32 |
| 1951 | #915 | 59 |
| 1950 | #1,272 | 32 |
| 1949 | #1,085 | 42 |
| 1948 | #910 | 57 |
| 1947 | #956 | 55 |
| 1946 | #1,060 | 42 |
| 1945 | #1,180 | 31 |
| 1944 | #1,135 | 34 |
| 1943 | #923 | 52 |
| 1942 | #851 | 59 |
| 1941 | #898 | 50 |
| 1940 | #830 | 57 |
| 1939 | #916 | 46 |
| 1938 | #852 | 53 |
| 1937 | #906 | 47 |
| 1936 | #893 | 47 |
| 1935 | #915 | 48 |
| 1934 | #869 | 52 |
| 1933 | #926 | 46 |
| 1932 | #1,004 | 43 |
| 1931 | #1,031 | 42 |
| 1930 | #1,132 | 38 |
| 1929 | #1,078 | 41 |
| 1928 | #950 | 51 |
| 1927 | #1,060 | 44 |
| 1926 | #931 | 53 |
| 1925 | #871 | 59 |
| 1924 | #925 | 57 |
| 1923 | #1,076 | 44 |
| 1922 | #949 | 54 |
| 1921 | #1,122 | 40 |
| 1920 | #1,139 | 39 |
| 1919 | #1,034 | 43 |
| 1918 | #1,035 | 42 |
| 1917 | #1,092 | 37 |
| 1916 | #1,138 | 33 |
| 1915 | #1,100 | 34 |
| 1914 | #898 | 37 |
| 1913 | #818 | 34 |
| 1912 | #765 | 32 |
| 1911 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #1,113 | 7 |
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| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
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| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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.
Where Wayland is popular in 1939
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#328 · 1 in 3,476
- Texas#403 · 1 in 3,463
Best ever in a state: #218 in New Mexico, 1943.
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| Oklahoma | #328 | 6 | 1 in 3,476 |
| Texas | #403 | 17 | 1 in 3,463 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Wayland
- 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)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1912 at #765 (32 births)
- Births halved by 1988, 76 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1933–1943
- 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%)
- 11.4% of all boys named Wayland (482) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #789 (1889) | #868 |
| 1890s | 10 | #963 (1891) | #1,042 |
| 1900s | 13 | #1,113 (1908) | #1,195 |
| 1910s | 311 | #765 (1912) | #1,012 |
| 1920s | 482 | #871 (1925) | #1,010 |
| 1930s | 462 | #852 (1938) | #944 |
| 1940s | 479 | #830 (1940) | #983 |
| 1950s | 395 | #915 (1951) | #1,224 |
| 1960s | 390 | #1,086 (1969) | #1,252 |
| 1970s | 433 | #1,157 (1971) | #1,343 |
| 1980s | 264 | #1,547 (1980) | #2,210 |
| 1990s | 208 | #2,406 (1991) | #3,342 |
| 2000s | 157 | #4,264 (2004) | #5,354 |
| 2010s | 309 | #2,635 (2018) | #3,987 |
| 2020s | 289 | #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 1939
Top boys' names in 1939
More about 1939
boys
1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 24,062 of them was named Wayland, which outranked 76.9% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).