Waymon — boys' name

What the Data Says About Waymon

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,740 babies named Waymon between 1888 and 2023, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Waymon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1936, when 95 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Waymon performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 807 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Waymon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 639 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Waymon in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Waymon 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 4,740 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.