Waylan Boy
How popular is Waylan?
#2,572 boy name in 2025
51 baby boys were named Waylan in the US in 2025, making it the 2572nd most popular boy name.
Waylan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,572 for boys (▲ 102 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 51 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+16% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,721 in 2015, #2,616 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (60 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,309 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 1923 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Waylan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Waylon family of names ranked #59 for boys in 2025 (#62 the year before), with 5,830 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Waylon | 5,408 | 93% |
| Waylen | 289 | 5% |
| Waylan | 51 | 1% |
| Waylin | 31 | 1% |
| Waylyn | 24 | 0% |
| Wallen | 27 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Waylan is most popular
Babies named Waylan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Kentucky: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Michigan: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Waylan by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 18 | #3,557 |
| 1930s | 32 | #2,563 |
| 1940s | 20 | #2,671 |
| 1950s | 11 | #3,328 |
| 1960s | 42 | #2,684 |
| 1970s | 85 | #2,909 |
| 1980s | 45 | #3,599 |
| 1990s | 86 | #4,241 |
| 2000s | 211 | #3,056 |
| 2010s | 430 | #2,309 |
| 2020s | 308 | #2,314 |
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Questions
- Is Waylan a boy or girl name?
- Waylan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Waylan were boys.
- How popular is the name Waylan?
- 51 baby boys were named Waylan in the US in 2025, making it the 2572nd most popular boy name.
- When was Waylan most popular?
- Waylan peaked in 2023, when 60 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,309 in 2019.
- How many people are named Waylan?
- 1,299 babies have been named Waylan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,213 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Waylan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Waylan was most common in Kentucky, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.