Waymon
Waymon was given to 6 boys in 2025, #11,906 among boys’ names; 4,746 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,060 Americans named Waymon and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (43% of everyone recorded); the median is 64 years old and half are between 48 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Waymon by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Waymon?
#11,906 among boys’ names, 2025
Waymon rose from #12,012 in 2015 to #11,906 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 3.1 to 3.5 per million.
95 babies in 1936, the peak
Waymon peaked in 1936, when 95 boys were given it, #596 among boys’ names. The 6 births of 2025 are 6% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #11,906 | 3.5 |
| 2023 | 6 | #12,160 | 3.5 |
| 2022 | 6 | #12,239 | 3.4 |
| 2021 | 5 | #13,956 | 2.9 |
| 2018 | 6 | #12,054 | 3.3 |
| 2017 | 7 | #10,707 | 3.8 |
| 2015 | 6 | #12,012 | 3.1 |
| 2013 | 8 | #9,609 | 4.2 |
| 2011 | 6 | #12,205 | 3.2 |
| 2009 | 5 | #14,399 | 2.5 |
Every recorded year (125)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 7 | #10,977 | 3.4 |
| 2006 | 8 | #9,539 | 3.9 |
| 2005 | 9 | #8,256 | 4.5 |
| 2003 | 8 | #8,595 | 4.0 |
| 2002 | 7 | #9,344 | 3.6 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,648 | 6.7 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,891 | 6.1 |
| 1999 | 11 | #6,016 | 5.7 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,822 | 5.8 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,440 | 8.0 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,598 | 7.4 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,959 | 4.2 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,428 | 5.7 |
| 1993 | 23 | #3,032 | 11.7 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,902 | 8.0 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,462 | 6.4 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,592 | 8.3 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,770 | 11.5 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,338 | 8.4 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,713 | 7.0 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,121 | 8.7 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,822 | 9.7 |
| 1984 | 26 | #2,092 | 14.4 |
| 1983 | 25 | #2,138 | 13.9 |
| 1982 | 22 | #2,338 | 12.1 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,492 | 11.2 |
| 1980 | 34 | #1,723 | 19.1 |
| 1979 | 36 | #1,629 | 20.9 |
| 1978 | 31 | #1,757 | 18.9 |
| 1977 | 28 | #1,855 | 17.0 |
| 1976 | 29 | #1,778 | 18.5 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,700 | 19.2 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,978 | 14.6 |
| 1973 | 40 | #1,327 | 25.7 |
| 1972 | 28 | #1,679 | 17.3 |
| 1971 | 32 | #1,557 | 18.1 |
| 1970 | 52 | #1,156 | 28.0 |
| 1969 | 38 | #1,301 | 21.3 |
| 1968 | 43 | #1,162 | 24.7 |
| 1967 | 48 | #1,069 | 27.5 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,163 | 23.5 |
| 1965 | 40 | #1,225 | 21.5 |
| 1964 | 57 | #1,005 | 28.6 |
| 1963 | 51 | #1,078 | 25.1 |
| 1962 | 61 | #982 | 29.5 |
| 1961 | 62 | #988 | 29.2 |
| 1960 | 64 | #949 | 30.0 |
| 1959 | 65 | #962 | 30.5 |
| 1958 | 57 | #1,015 | 26.9 |
| 1957 | 77 | #859 | 35.7 |
| 1956 | 65 | #932 | 30.7 |
| 1955 | 65 | #931 | 31.6 |
| 1954 | 76 | #831 | 37.3 |
| 1953 | 61 | #924 | 30.9 |
| 1952 | 80 | #789 | 41.2 |
| 1951 | 79 | #795 | 42.0 |
| 1950 | 69 | #824 | 38.5 |
| 1949 | 74 | #801 | 41.7 |
| 1948 | 91 | #702 | 51.9 |
| 1947 | 77 | #786 | 42.1 |
| 1946 | 72 | #784 | 44.3 |
| 1945 | 78 | #691 | 58.0 |
| 1944 | 76 | #717 | 55.8 |
| 1943 | 76 | #745 | 53.2 |
| 1942 | 89 | #682 | 64.4 |
| 1941 | 86 | #661 | 70.0 |
| 1940 | 88 | #642 | 75.9 |
| 1939 | 83 | #655 | 75.0 |
| 1938 | 85 | #651 | 76.6 |
| 1937 | 82 | #660 | 76.9 |
| 1936 | 95 | #596 | 91.6 |
| 1935 | 80 | #668 | 76.8 |
| 1934 | 62 | #791 | 60.0 |
| 1933 | 77 | #676 | 77.7 |
| 1932 | 78 | #702 | 74.7 |
| 1931 | 74 | #710 | 71.2 |
| 1930 | 75 | #736 | 68.3 |
| 1929 | 71 | #762 | 66.0 |
| 1928 | 74 | #751 | 66.8 |
| 1927 | 60 | #882 | 53.2 |
| 1926 | 69 | #791 | 62.1 |
| 1925 | 61 | #857 | 54.7 |
| 1924 | 67 | #836 | 59.1 |
| 1923 | 56 | #921 | 51.1 |
| 1922 | 48 | #1,030 | 44.1 |
| 1921 | 61 | #899 | 55.4 |
| 1920 | 63 | #863 | 59.2 |
| 1919 | 68 | #789 | 69.4 |
| 1918 | 58 | #881 | 57.2 |
| 1917 | 47 | #944 | 50.8 |
| 1916 | 55 | #854 | 61.8 |
| 1915 | 54 | #844 | 63.6 |
| 1914 | 33 | #985 | 50.4 |
| 1913 | 26 | #993 | 50.7 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,056 | 46.5 |
| 1911 | 19 | #756 | 84.1 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,583 | 30.9 |
| 1909 | 15 | #754 | 91.5 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,107 | 51.8 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,338 | 40.9 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,241 | 45.1 |
| 1905 | 8 | #993 | 60.5 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,058 | 54.6 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,009 | 57.1 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,155 | 46.5 |
| 1898 | 10 | #740 | 81.5 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,052 | 53.2 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,230 | 42.6 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,227 | 43.2 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,173 | 44.5 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,247 | 41.0 |
| 1891 | 6 | #957 | 59.3 |
| 1890 | 7 | #879 | 63.0 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,104 | 45.2 |
| 1888 | 8 | #813 | 66.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Waymon a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Waymon has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 125 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Waymon: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Waymon, and how old are they?
2,060 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 43% of the 4,746 Americans ever recorded as Waymon. The median Waymon alive today is 64 years old; half are between 48 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 1,914 people named Waymon (8 women and girls, 1,906 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,419 born in the U.S. The Census count is 21% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 283 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 847 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 504 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 266 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 110 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 50 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Waymon born?
The states with the most babies named Waymon are Georgia, Texas and Alabama, with 62% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 639 | not ranked | 4.8× |
| Texas | 591 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Alabama | 334 | not ranked | 3.1× |
| Tennessee | 321 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| Arkansas | 212 | not ranked | 3.1× |
| South Carolina | 147 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Florida | 81 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Oklahoma | 40 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Kentucky | 37 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| North Carolina | 32 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Waymon is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Waymon is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 4.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Waymon with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 7,596 babies since 1880, Waymon is the most given (62% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Waymon
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Waymon and names like it
- Compare Waymon and WaymanBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sWaymon peaked in 1936.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Waymon since 1910.
- The top names of 1936The year the most babies were named Waymon.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Waymon alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with WMost given first.