Wayman
Last seen for boys in 2010 at #9,693
- Peak · boys
- 1900 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,850since 1884
Wayman over time
Rank among boys' names. Wayman has never cracked the top 600 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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #4,872 | 11 |
| 1991 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #2,236 | 22 |
| 1978 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #1,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #1,884 | 25 |
| 1974 | #2,050 | 21 |
| 1973 | #1,817 | 24 |
| 1972 | #2,158 | 18 |
| 1971 | #2,052 | 20 |
| 1970 | #1,743 | 25 |
| 1969 | #1,810 | 21 |
| 1968 | #1,544 | 26 |
| 1967 | #1,507 | 26 |
| 1966 | #1,891 | 17 |
| 1965 | #1,456 | 28 |
| 1964 | #1,327 | 35 |
| 1963 | #1,513 | 27 |
| 1962 | #1,515 | 27 |
| 1961 | #1,388 | 33 |
| 1960 | #1,320 | 36 |
| 1959 | #1,212 | 41 |
| 1958 | #1,163 | 44 |
| 1957 | #1,278 | 37 |
| 1956 | #1,106 | 47 |
| 1955 | #1,167 | 41 |
| 1954 | #985 | 57 |
| 1953 | #1,015 | 51 |
| 1952 | #1,081 | 45 |
| 1951 | #992 | 50 |
| 1950 | #893 | 59 |
| 1949 | #997 | 49 |
| 1948 | #1,091 | 42 |
| 1947 | #1,190 | 37 |
| 1946 | #980 | 47 |
| 1945 | #1,056 | 37 |
| 1944 | #1,038 | 40 |
| 1943 | #998 | 45 |
| 1942 | #985 | 46 |
| 1941 | #1,004 | 41 |
| 1940 | #1,156 | 33 |
| 1939 | #1,033 | 38 |
| 1938 | #1,030 | 39 |
| 1937 | #1,119 | 34 |
| 1936 | #1,068 | 36 |
| 1935 | #1,098 | 35 |
| 1934 | #1,059 | 38 |
| 1933 | #1,078 | 37 |
| 1932 | #952 | 47 |
| 1931 | #1,145 | 35 |
| 1930 | #1,093 | 40 |
| 1929 | #1,055 | 42 |
| 1928 | #1,188 | 36 |
| 1927 | #1,028 | 46 |
| 1926 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1925 | #1,304 | 31 |
| 1924 | #1,005 | 49 |
| 1923 | #1,008 | 48 |
| 1922 | #1,010 | 49 |
| 1921 | #991 | 50 |
| 1920 | #1,045 | 44 |
| 1919 | #1,082 | 40 |
| 1918 | #1,079 | 40 |
| 1917 | #1,291 | 28 |
| 1916 | #1,157 | 32 |
| 1915 | #1,124 | 33 |
| 1914 | #1,300 | 21 |
| 1913 | #1,049 | 23 |
| 1912 | #1,174 | 16 |
| 1911 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | #822 | 14 |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | #930 | 9 |
| 1906 | #752 | 11 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #699 | 13 |
| 1899 | #714 | 9 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #787 | 8 |
| 1896 | #778 | 9 |
| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
| 1894 | #857 | 7 |
| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #700 | 8 |
| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Wayman! It came in at #764, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Wayman
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
- Biggest jump: 618 spots in 1910 (#1,440 → #822)
- Biggest drop: 563 spots in 1909 (#877 → #1,440)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1900 at #699 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1894–1897
- Highest: 1 in 11,575 boys born in 1900 were named Wayman (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 274,097 boys born in 2010 (0.00%)
- 16.6% of all boys named Wayman (472) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | #700 (1885) | #732 |
| 1890s | 56 | #714 (1899) | #872 |
| 1900s | 68 | #699 (1900) | #954 |
| 1910s | 260 | #822 (1910) | #1,100 |
| 1920s | 426 | #991 (1921) | #1,093 |
| 1930s | 379 | #952 (1932) | #1,068 |
| 1940s | 417 | #980 (1946) | #1,050 |
| 1950s | 472 | #893 (1950) | #1,089 |
| 1960s | 276 | #1,320 (1960) | #1,527 |
| 1970s | 207 | #1,743 (1970) | #2,187 |
| 1980s | 131 | #2,912 (1983) | #3,446 |
| 1990s | 89 | #4,476 (1991) | #5,560 |
| 2000s | 47 | #6,839 (2000) | #9,757 |
| 2010s | 7 | #9,693 (2010) | #9,693 |
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.
Wayman in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 28,811 of them was named Wayman, which outranked 73.5% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,051Oneal37
- #1,051Ransom37
- #1,051Reyes37
- #1,068Wayman36
- #1,068Abelardo36
- #1,068Annie36
- #1,068Arland36
- #1,095Addison35
- #1,095Alfonzo35
- #1,095Arvel35
Tied with 26 names at #1,068; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.