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
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 5,408 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 5 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 55,048since 1911
Waylon over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 | #56 | 5,408 |
| 2024 | #4,893 | 27 | #65 | 4,892 |
| 2023 | #4,047 | 36 | #63 | 4,895 |
| 2022 | #4,108 | 35 | #66 | 4,923 |
| 2021 | #4,507 | 30 | #69 | 4,660 |
| 2020 | #4,358 | 31 | #103 | 3,588 |
| 2019 | #4,773 | 28 | #113 | 3,441 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | #142 | 2,790 |
| 2017 | #6,531 | 18 | #162 | 2,427 |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 | #196 | 2,060 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | #222 | 1,761 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #251 | 1,501 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #290 | 1,201 |
| 2012 | — | #324 | 972 | |
| 2011 | — | #373 | 802 | |
| 2010 | — | #420 | 657 | |
| 2009 | — | #480 | 571 | |
| 2008 | — | #546 | 480 | |
| 2007 | — | #520 | 502 | |
| 2006 | — | #544 | 466 | |
| 2005 | — | #615 | 365 | |
| 2004 | — | #688 | 290 | |
| 2003 | — | #840 | 207 | |
| 2002 | — | #756 | 228 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,265 | 105 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,080 | 131 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,149 | 114 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,133 | 110 | |
| 1997 | — | #976 | 134 | |
| 1996 | — | #990 | 126 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,081 | 109 | |
| 1994 | — | #968 | 130 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,060 | 109 | |
| 1992 | — | #911 | 135 | |
| 1991 | — | #945 | 126 | |
| 1990 | — | #992 | 113 | |
| 1989 | — | #932 | 119 | |
| 1988 | — | #880 | 117 | |
| 1987 | — | #807 | 133 | |
| 1986 | — | #803 | 128 | |
| 1985 | — | #653 | 180 | |
| 1984 | — | #612 | 193 | |
| 1983 | — | #628 | 184 | |
| 1982 | — | #605 | 200 | |
| 1981 | — | #478 | 304 | |
| 1980 | — | #418 | 387 | |
| 1979 | — | #464 | 312 | |
| 1978 | — | #507 | 258 | |
| 1977 | — | #522 | 253 | |
| 1976 | — | #650 | 161 | |
| 1975 | — | #770 | 116 | |
| 1974 | — | #852 | 88 | |
| 1973 | — | #792 | 100 | |
| 1972 | — | #868 | 86 | |
| 1971 | — | #773 | 111 | |
| 1970 | — | #753 | 119 | |
| 1969 | — | #778 | 98 | |
| 1968 | — | #827 | 79 | |
| 1967 | — | #992 | 53 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,540 | 25 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,476 | 11 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,310 | 13 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,962 | 17 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,593 | 24 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,024 | 8 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,886 | 18 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,435 | 11 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,316 | 12 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,038 | 15 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,804 | 18 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,904 | 16 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,321 | 11 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,022 | 14 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,559 | 22 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,786 | 18 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,642 | 19 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,772 | 15 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,574 | 19 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,636 | 19 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,730 | 17 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,532 | 20 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,627 | 18 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,449 | 9 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,221 | 29 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,344 | 25 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,540 | 19 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,656 | 18 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,461 | 22 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,405 | 23 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,638 | 9 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,693 | 18 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,964 | 15 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,452 | 11 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,760 | 19 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,229 | 14 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,986 | 9 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,967 | 9 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,543 | 11 | |
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| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
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| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 2025 at #56 (5,408 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 5 yrs · run 2021–2025
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1967–1992
- Highest: 1 in 316 boys born in 2025 were named Waylon (0.32%)
- 51.5% of all boys named Waylon (28,366) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 34 | #1,740 (1911) | #3,004 |
| 1920s | 107 | #1,760 (1928) | #2,771 |
| 1930s | 187 | #1,221 (1938) | #1,737 |
| 1940s | 181 | #1,532 (1941) | #1,688 |
| 1950s | 141 | #1,593 (1958) | #2,236 |
| 1960s | 320 | #778 (1969) | #2,017 |
| 1970s | 1,604 | #464 (1979) | #695 |
| 1980s | 1,945 | #418 (1980) | #682 |
| 1990s | 1,206 | #911 (1992) | #1,021 |
| 2000s | 3,345 | #480 (2009) | #733 |
| 2010s | 17,612 | #113 (2019) | #249 |
| 2020s | 28,366 | #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 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 77,044 of them was named Waylon, which outranked 70.2% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,445Zurisadai24
- #5,445Zyaire24
- #5,445Zyriah24
- #5,622Waylon23
- #5,622Aalyiah23
- #5,622Aamani23
- #5,622Aaron23
- #5,796Abbygale22
- #5,796Adalay22
- #5,796Adeena22
Tied with 173 names at #5,622; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 921 of them was named Waylon, which outranked 98.6% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.