Wayland — #3094 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Wayland

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,159 babies named Wayland between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wayland currently holds the #3094 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 64 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wayland performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 482 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Wayland shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 701 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Wayland in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wayland 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 4,159 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.