How Many People Are Named Waylen?
people named Waylen are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 132,065 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,615 babies named Waylen in Social Security records from 1947 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
411 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Waylen, 2.4% were girls and 97.6% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Waylen alive today is about 7 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 9 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Waylen first appears in the records in 1947 and was given most often in 2023, to 411 babies. In 2025, 289 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1947 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Waylen has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #678, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #849.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #849 |
| Best rank | #678 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #902 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Waylen alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Waylen were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 123 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Waylen was given 3.2 times as often in Indiana, 2.4 times in Georgia and 2.3 times in Missouri.
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