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 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 55,048since 1911
Waylon over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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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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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.
Where Waylon is popular in 2012
- 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
- Kentucky#100 · 1 in 358
- West Virginia#109 · 1 in 398
- Montana#152 · 1 in 488
- Oklahoma#176 · 1 in 699
- Tennessee#180 · 1 in 778
Best ever in a state: #1 in West Virginia, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #100 | 62 | 1 in 358 |
| West Virginia | #109 | 21 | 1 in 398 |
| Montana | #152 | 8 | 1 in 488 |
| Oklahoma | #176 | 29 | 1 in 699 |
| Tennessee | #180 | 46 | 1 in 778 |
| Arkansas | #185 | 20 | 1 in 714 |
| Mississippi | #186 | 17 | 1 in 791 |
| North Carolina | #195 | 58 | 1 in 872 |
| Missouri | #214 | 35 | 1 in 907 |
| Maine | #230 | 5 | 1 in 948 |
| South Dakota | #238 | 5 | 1 in 816 |
| Indiana | #244 | 33 | 1 in 1,081 |
| Alabama | #250 | 19 | 1 in 1,168 |
| Louisiana | #257 | 21 | 1 in 1,152 |
| Georgia | #262 | 43 | 1 in 1,256 |
| Wisconsin | #268 | 22 | 1 in 1,240 |
| Minnesota | #273 | 21 | 1 in 1,319 |
| South Carolina | #273 | 15 | 1 in 1,394 |
| Nebraska | #278 | 9 | 1 in 1,099 |
| Florida | #294 | 55 | 1 in 1,672 |
| Virginia | #301 | 26 | 1 in 1,609 |
| Washington | #307 | 25 | 1 in 1,437 |
| Ohio | #308 | 34 | 1 in 1,758 |
| Kansas | #311 | 12 | 1 in 1,341 |
| Pennsylvania | #345 | 28 | 1 in 2,151 |
| Iowa | #357 | 9 | 1 in 1,680 |
| Colorado | #366 | 15 | 1 in 1,810 |
| Utah | #377 | 12 | 1 in 1,805 |
| Texas | #384 | 79 | 1 in 2,249 |
| Illinois | #392 | 29 | 1 in 2,294 |
| New Mexico | #403 | 5 | 1 in 1,939 |
| Oregon | #407 | 9 | 1 in 2,008 |
| Michigan | #415 | 19 | 1 in 2,507 |
| Nevada | #426 | 6 | 1 in 2,214 |
| Arizona | #466 | 13 | 1 in 2,846 |
| California | #544 | 54 | 1 in 4,268 |
| Maryland | #579 | 7 | 1 in 3,963 |
| New York | #721 | 19 | 1 in 5,490 |
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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 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
| 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 2012
boys
#324
972 births · 1 in 1,952 boys
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 1,952 of them was named Waylon, which outranked 97.7% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Waylon
Biggest movers since 2011
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.