How Many People Are Named Waylon?
people named Waylon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 6,305 people in the US has this name
Based on 55,338 babies named Waylon in Social Security records from 1911 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
5,425 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of WAYLAND. This name was popularized by country music singer Waylon Jennings (1937-2002), who was originally named Wayland.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Waylon in English. Counting Waylon and these spellings together, about 56,662 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Waylon, 0.5% were girls and 99.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Waylon alive today is about 9 years old, and 92% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 10 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Waylon first appears in the records in 1911, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 5,425 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1911 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Waylon never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #56, in 2025, and it was in the top 100 for 5 years, 2021 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #56.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #56 |
| Best rank | #56 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | 5 (2021 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #66 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Waylon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Waylon were born in Texas than in any other state: about 4,616 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Waylon was given 4 times as often in West Virginia, 3.2 times in Kentucky and 2.5 times in Wyoming.
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