Waylyn — #3859 US boys' name
234 babies named Waylyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 73% of names given to boys today.
55% of everyone ever named Waylyn was born in this single decade.
37 babies were named Waylyn in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Waylyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 234 babies named Waylyn between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Waylyn currently holds the #3859 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 37 babies received it in a single year. Waylyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 106 additional births since 2015.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Waylyn performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Waylyn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Waylyn 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 234 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.
Waylyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Waylyn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2007
- Peak year (2023)
- 37
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
Currently ranks #3859 among boys.
234 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 37 births in a single year.
Waylyn popularity over time — girls
106 total births recorded since 2015 (Waylyn as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Waylyn accounts for 31% of total recorded use across both genders.
Waylyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 129 births that decade — 55% of Waylyn's all-time total
Waylyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 129 births
- Runner-up 98 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Waylyn's strongest decade
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2007–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.