Waymon
#10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · boys
- 1936 · 95 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,746since 1888
Waymon over time
Rank among boys' names. Waymon has never cracked the top 500 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 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #4,246 | 15 |
| 1996 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #2,943 | 23 |
| 1992 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #3,467 | 17 |
| 1989 | #2,690 | 23 |
| 1988 | #3,203 | 16 |
| 1987 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #3,005 | 16 |
| 1985 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | #2,036 | 26 |
| 1983 | #2,085 | 25 |
| 1982 | #2,269 | 22 |
| 1981 | #2,418 | 20 |
| 1980 | #1,695 | 34 |
| 1979 | #1,598 | 36 |
| 1978 | #1,718 | 31 |
| 1977 | #1,823 | 28 |
| 1976 | #1,748 | 29 |
| 1975 | #1,658 | 30 |
| 1974 | #1,934 | 23 |
| 1973 | #1,312 | 40 |
| 1972 | #1,648 | 28 |
| 1971 | #1,526 | 32 |
| 1970 | #1,142 | 52 |
| 1969 | #1,280 | 38 |
| 1968 | #1,147 | 43 |
| 1967 | #1,061 | 48 |
| 1966 | #1,149 | 42 |
| 1965 | #1,206 | 40 |
| 1964 | #1,000 | 57 |
| 1963 | #1,069 | 51 |
| 1962 | #973 | 61 |
| 1961 | #980 | 62 |
| 1960 | #944 | 64 |
| 1959 | #950 | 65 |
| 1958 | #1,006 | 57 |
| 1957 | #853 | 77 |
| 1956 | #924 | 65 |
| 1955 | #921 | 65 |
| 1954 | #829 | 76 |
| 1953 | #920 | 61 |
| 1952 | #786 | 80 |
| 1951 | #791 | 79 |
| 1950 | #819 | 69 |
| 1949 | #798 | 74 |
| 1948 | #700 | 91 |
| 1947 | #784 | 77 |
| 1946 | #781 | 72 |
| 1945 | #684 | 78 |
| 1944 | #712 | 76 |
| 1943 | #740 | 76 |
| 1942 | #682 | 89 |
| 1941 | #660 | 86 |
| 1940 | #635 | 88 |
| 1939 | #652 | 83 |
| 1938 | #648 | 85 |
| 1937 | #656 | 82 |
| 1936 | #595 | 95 |
| 1935 | #663 | 80 |
| 1934 | #788 | 62 |
| 1933 | #668 | 77 |
| 1932 | #697 | 78 |
| 1931 | #702 | 74 |
| 1930 | #730 | 75 |
| 1929 | #752 | 71 |
| 1928 | #743 | 74 |
| 1927 | #872 | 60 |
| 1926 | #783 | 69 |
| 1925 | #851 | 61 |
| 1924 | #823 | 67 |
| 1923 | #913 | 56 |
| 1922 | #1,023 | 48 |
| 1921 | #890 | 61 |
| 1920 | #853 | 63 |
| 1919 | #783 | 68 |
| 1918 | #869 | 58 |
| 1917 | #934 | 47 |
| 1916 | #840 | 55 |
| 1915 | #832 | 54 |
| 1914 | #967 | 33 |
| 1913 | #969 | 26 |
| 1912 | #1,023 | 20 |
| 1911 | #732 | 19 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #714 | 15 |
| 1908 | #1,021 | 8 |
| 1907 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #919 | 8 |
| 1904 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #701 | 10 |
| 1897 | #942 | 6 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | #814 | 7 |
| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | #755 | 8 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Waymon! It came in at #755, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1896, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Waymon is popular in 1897
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Waymon
- 51 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 689 spots in 1911 (#1,421 → #732)
- Biggest drop: 707 spots in 1910 (#714 → #1,421)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1936 at #595 (95 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 29 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1923–1957
- Highest: 1 in 10,918 boys born in 1936 were named Waymon (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 17.0% of all boys named Waymon (807) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13 | #755 (1888) | #865 |
| 1890s | 49 | #701 (1898) | #944 |
| 1900s | 64 | #714 (1909) | #989 |
| 1910s | 386 | #732 (1911) | #937 |
| 1920s | 630 | #743 (1928) | #850 |
| 1930s | 791 | #595 (1936) | #680 |
| 1940s | 807 | #635 (1940) | #718 |
| 1950s | 694 | #786 (1952) | #880 |
| 1960s | 506 | #944 (1960) | #1,081 |
| 1970s | 329 | #1,142 (1970) | #1,611 |
| 1980s | 213 | #1,695 (1980) | #2,563 |
| 1990s | 139 | #2,943 (1993) | #4,567 |
| 2000s | 69 | #5,390 (2001) | #8,250 |
| 2010s | 33 | #8,789 (2013) | #10,139 |
| 2020s | 23 | #10,695 (2025) | #11,131 |
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.
Waymon in 1897
Top boys' names in 1897
More about 1897
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112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 18,793 of them was named Waymon, which outranked 23.4% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).