Waylen — #795 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Waylen

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,260 babies named Waylen between 1947 and 2024, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Waylen currently holds the #795 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 402 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Waylen performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,247 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Waylen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 112 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Waylen in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Waylen 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 2,260 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.