How rare is the name Waylon?

23,106 people in the United States have the first name Waylon, about 1 in 13,072. It ranks #1,461 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

WAYLON

#1,461

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
23,106
About
1 in 13,072
This common or more
74.9%
Who bears it

Of the 23,106 people named Waylon, 87.1% reported their origin as White, 4.4% as two or more races and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Waylon peaked in 2025, when 5,425 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19112025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
5,425
In 2025*
5,425
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 55,338 babies have been given the name since 1911. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Waylon by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #114. The largest share of babies named Waylon, 79.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#6,88234
1920s#5,120107
1930s#3,223187
1940s#3,587181
1950s#4,827141
1960s#3,378320
1970s#1,4841,604
1980s#1,4601,945
1990s#2,3791,206
2000s#1,4233,345
2010s#40617,726
2020s#11428,542
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–450.6%
Baby boom 1946–640.5%
Generation X 1965–804.1%
Millennials 1981–964.3%
Generation Z 1997–1211.1%
2013 and later79.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Waylon is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Waylon has been most common in Kentucky (2.5×), Tennessee (2.5×), and Alaska (2.1×), and least common in New Jersey (0.09×).

52,031 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Waylon

#1,459 Velma · 23,131#1,460 Katy · 23,113#1,462 Arielle · 23,086#1,463 Liz · 23,084

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Waylon, most common first.

#12,407 Waylen · 1,004#12,537 Waylan · 990#28,137 Waylin · 321

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