Unisex name · since 2007
Waylyn
Waylyn has 259 recorded births since 2007 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,467 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,367 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 259
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Waylyn currently ranks #4367 among unisex names in America, with 259 babies recorded since 2007.
Waylyn has 259 recorded births among boys since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4367 as of the latest data, more common than 69% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #11,467 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,367 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 259 born since 2007
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Waylyn ranks #11,467 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,367 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 259 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,467 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,367 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 259
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Waylyn's 259 recorded births place it above 74.78% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Waylyn compares
259 43rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Waylyn's all-time total is 30% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Waylyn | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 259 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 37 | 34 | 22,252 |
Waylyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Waylyn's full recorded timeline at 2018, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 37 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Waylyn popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Waylyn popularity over time - girls
114 total births recorded since 2015 (Waylyn as girls' name)
Waylyn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (154 births, 59% of the file).
2020s was Waylyn's strongest decade.
154 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Waylyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
98 births
- 2020s
2020s
154 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 154 births (59% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2007–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Waylyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.