Waylan — #2678 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Waylan

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,237 babies named Waylan between 1923 and 2024, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Waylan currently holds the #2678 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 60 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Waylan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 430 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Waylan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Waylan in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Waylan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,237 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.