Waylon — #65 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Waylon

The Social Security Administration has registered 49,608 babies named Waylon between 1911 and 2024, spanning 114 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Waylon currently holds the #65 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 4,918 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Waylon performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 22,933 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Waylon shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 4,280 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Waylon in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Waylon 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 49,608 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.