Waylen
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161
- #848 for boys in 2025, 289 births
- Given to boys 97.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 403 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,552since 1947
Waylen over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Waylen has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | #848 | 289 | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #795 | 316 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | #676 | 403 |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | #894 | 263 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | #1,218 | 158 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #1,518 | 110 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #1,271 | 147 |
| 2018 | — | #1,792 | 85 | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #1,768 | 87 |
| 2016 | — | #2,066 | 68 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,212 | 61 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,082 | 67 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,364 | 53 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,380 | 53 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,173 | 60 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,633 | 29 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,721 | 28 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,145 | 24 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,313 | 33 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,001 | 24 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,528 | 27 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,035 | 15 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,725 | 12 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | #7,416 | 8 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,656 | 11 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
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| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,968 | 7 | |
| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
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| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
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| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
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| 1980 | — | #4,940 | 7 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
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| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
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| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
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| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
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| 1956 | — | #3,942 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1947
The first year at least five boys were named Waylen! It came in at #3,733, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1947–1968, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Waylen is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- West Virginia#330 · 1 in 1,232
- Ohio#470 · 1 in 2,388
- Missouri#489 · 1 in 2,318
- Indiana#512 · 1 in 2,436
- Oregon#529 · 1 in 2,510
Best ever in a state: #202 in New Hampshire, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #330 | 5 | 1 in 1,232 |
| Ohio | #470 | 22 | 1 in 2,388 |
| Missouri | #489 | 12 | 1 in 2,318 |
| Indiana | #512 | 13 | 1 in 2,436 |
| Oregon | #529 | 6 | 1 in 2,510 |
| Minnesota | #552 | 9 | 1 in 2,722 |
| Alabama | #622 | 7 | 1 in 3,074 |
| Kentucky | #625 | 6 | 1 in 3,423 |
| Maryland | #634 | 7 | 1 in 3,271 |
| Tennessee | #638 | 11 | 1 in 3,343 |
| Michigan | #641 | 12 | 1 in 3,350 |
| Pennsylvania | #662 | 13 | 1 in 4,020 |
| South Carolina | #668 | 6 | 1 in 3,533 |
| Wisconsin | #678 | 6 | 1 in 3,905 |
| Oklahoma | #698 | 5 | 1 in 3,536 |
| Georgia | #756 | 12 | 1 in 4,185 |
| Louisiana | #775 | 5 | 1 in 3,826 |
| Virginia | #798 | 8 | 1 in 4,657 |
| North Carolina | #825 | 10 | 1 in 5,147 |
| Florida | #912 | 15 | 1 in 6,369 |
| Illinois | #935 | 8 | 1 in 6,194 |
| New York | #950 | 13 | 1 in 6,494 |
| Texas | #1,294 | 15 | 1 in 11,670 |
| California | #1,299 | 14 | 1 in 12,534 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 53 spots since 2024 (#795 → #848)
- 670 spots since 2020 (#1,518 → #848)
- Biggest jump: 324 spots in 2022
- Biggest drop: 119 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · boys
76 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 2023 at #676 (403 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 2022–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,245
- Highest: 1 in 4,245 boys born in 2023 were named Waylen (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,910 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 60.3% of all boys named Waylen (1,539) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #3,733 (1947) | #3,733 |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,942 (1956) | #3,942 |
| 1960s | 12 | #3,595 (1969) | #3,763 |
| 1970s | 32 | #4,935 (1976) | #5,332 |
| 1980s | 17 | #4,940 (1980) | #5,900 |
| 1990s | 40 | #5,656 (1999) | #6,779 |
| 2000s | 192 | #3,313 (2007) | #4,987 |
| 2010s | 710 | #1,271 (2019) | #2,174 |
| 2020s | 1,539 | #676 (2023) | #992 |
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.
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