Waylon

#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · #56 for boys in 2025, 5,408 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 5,408 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
5 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
55,048
since 1911

Waylon over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201945boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,54617#565,408
2024#4,89327#654,892
2023#4,04736#634,895
2022#4,10835#664,923
2021#4,50730#694,660
2020#4,35831#1033,588
2019#4,77328#1133,441
2018#6,79217#1422,790
2017#6,53118#1622,427
2016#5,62223#1962,060
2015#8,93112#2221,761
2014#11,9318#2511,501
2013#11,9698#2901,201
2012#324972
2011#373802
2010#420657
2009#480571
2008#546480
2007#520502
2006#544466
2005#615365
2004#688290
2003#840207
2002#756228
2001#1,265105
2000#1,080131
1999#1,149114
1998#1,133110
1997#976134
1996#990126
1995#1,081109
1994#968130
1993#1,060109
1992#911135
1991#945126
1990#992113
1989#932119
1988#880117
1987#807133
1986#803128
1985#653180
1984#612193
1983#628184
1982#605200
1981#478304
1980#418387
1979#464312
1978#507258
1977#522253
1976#650161
1975#770116
1974#85288
1973#792100
1972#86886
1971#773111
1970#753119
1969#77898
1968#82779
1967#99253
1966#1,54025
1965#2,47611
1964#2,31013
1963#3,3187
1962#1,96217
1961#3,0978
1960#2,8719
1959#3,0378
1958#1,59324
1957#3,0248
1956#1,88618
1955#2,43511
1954#2,31612
1953#2,03815
1952#1,80418
1951#1,90416
1950#2,32111
1949#2,02214
1948#1,55922
1947#1,78618
1946#1,64219
1945#1,77215
1944#1,57419
1943#1,63619
1942#1,73017
1941#1,53220
1940#1,62718
1939#2,4499
1938#1,22129
1937#1,34425
1936#1,54019
1935#1,65618
1934#1,46122
1933#1,40523
1932#2,6389
1931#1,69318
1930#1,96415
1929#2,45211
1928#1,76019
1927#3,1518
1926#2,18614
1925#2,9369
1924#2,22914
1923#3,1758
1922#3,8726
1921#2,9869
1920#2,9679
1919#4,1685
1918#2,54311
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1916#3,1777
1915#3,3926
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1911#1,7405
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First appearance
1911

The first year at least five boys were named Waylon! It came in at #1,740, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1911–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Waylon
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 9 spots since 2024 (#65#56)
  • 47 spots since 2020 (#103#56)
  • 166 spots since 2015 (#222#56)
  • Biggest jump: 548 spots in 1967 (#1,540#992)
  • Biggest drop: 157 spots in 1998 (#976#1,133)
Rise & fade · boys
114 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1911
  • Peaked 2025 at #56 (5,408 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 5 yrs · run 2021–2025
  • Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1967–1992
Share of babies · boys
1 in 316
  • Highest: 1 in 316 boys born in 2025 were named Waylon (0.32%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 51.5% of all boys named Waylon (28,366) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s34#1,740 (1911)#3,004
1920s107#1,760 (1928)#2,771
1930s187#1,221 (1938)#1,737
1940s181#1,532 (1941)#1,688
1950s141#1,593 (1958)#2,236
1960s320#778 (1969)#2,017
1970s1,604#464 (1979)#695
1980s1,945#418 (1980)#682
1990s1,206#911 (1992)#1,021
2000s3,345#480 (2009)#733
2010s17,612#113 (2019)#249
2020s28,366#56 (2025)#70

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.

Waylon in 1945

boys
#1,772
15 births · 1 in 89,724 boys

Top boys' names in 1945

  1. #1James74,464
  2. #2Robert69,947
  3. #3John66,117
  4. #4William50,218
  5. #5Richard46,046
  6. #6David37,110
  7. #7Charles32,469
  8. #8Thomas31,874
  9. #9Michael29,902
  10. #10Ronald23,665
  11. #1,772Waylon15
More about 1945

boys

1,345,855 boys got a published name in 1945; 1 in 89,724 of them was named Waylon, which outranked 53.2% of the 3,783 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Waylon
  1. #1,697Vivian16
  2. #1,697Yale16
  3. #1,697Zollie16
  4. #1,772Waylon15
  5. #1,772Adrain15
  6. #1,772Alexis15
  7. #1,772Almon15
  8. #1,852Adell14
  9. #1,852Alger14
  10. #1,852Americo14

Tied with 79 names at #1,772; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1944
Risers
  1. 527Delano#1,085#558
  2. 499Dane#1,235#736
  3. 385Eusebio#1,328#943
  4. 371Erick#1,235#864
  5. 311Gerardo#1,282#971
Fallers
  1. 479Joan#870#1,349
  2. 408Kit#841#1,249
  3. 392Llewellyn#935#1,327
  4. 361Valentine#888#1,249
  5. 321Hilario#906#1,227

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

See the top 100 for 1945