Waylynn — #4365 US unisex name
341 babies named Waylynn in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 75% of names given to girls today.
54% of everyone ever named Waylynn was born in this single decade.
47 babies were named Waylynn in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Waylynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 341 babies named Waylynn between 2013 and 2024, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Waylynn currently holds the #4365 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 47 babies received it in a single year. Waylynn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 120 additional births since 2011.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Waylynn performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 184 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Waylynn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Waylynn in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Waylynn 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 341 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.
Waylynn at a glance
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Current rank
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Waylynn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2013
- Peak year (2019)
- 47
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
Currently ranks #4365 among girls.
341 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 47 births in a single year.
Waylynn popularity over time — boys
120 total births recorded since 2011 (Waylynn as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Waylynn accounts for 26% of total recorded use across both genders.
Waylynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 184 births that decade — 54% of Waylynn's all-time total
Waylynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 184 births
- Runner-up 157 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Waylynn's strongest decade
184 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Waylynn by state
Where Waylynn concentrates geographically — total births since 2013
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.9% of nationwide
- Florida 1.5% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2013–2024 (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.