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Waylon name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Waylon ranks #56 in male records (5,408 reported) and #6,818 in female records (17 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Is Waylon becoming more popular?

Waylon's reported male count increased by 516 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #65 to #56. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Waylon in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for WaylonFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.5,4080201620252016: 23 female records2017: 18 female records2018: 17 female records2019: 28 female records2020: 31 female records2021: 30 female records2022: 35 female records2023: 36 female records2024: 27 female records2025: 17 female records2016: 2,060 male records2017: 2,427 male records2018: 2,790 male records2019: 3,441 male records2020: 3,588 male records2021: 4,660 male records2022: 4,923 male records2023: 4,895 male records2024: 4,892 male records2025: 5,408 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025176,8185,40856
2024275,0184,89265
2023364,1084,89563
2022354,1964,92366
2021304,6024,66069
2020314,4433,588103
2019284,9003,441113
2018177,0852,790142
2017186,7902,427162
2016235,7802,060196

Questions about Waylon’s popularity

How common is Waylon in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Waylon ranks #56 in male records (5,408 reported) and #6,818 in female records (17 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Waylon?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Waylon only.

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Use Save or Maybe above to start a device shortlist. Create separate accounts and connect them to see each other’s saved names and maybes. Both saving Waylon creates a match.

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