Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Waylan

#4,099 most common boys' name of all time · #10,025 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1923–2025

Rank among boys
#4,099
Rank overall
#10,025 of 105,966
First appeared
1923
Years on the list
70 of 146
All-time
1,299
Since 2016
514
Peak year
2019 #2,319
Best rank
#2,319 2019
Girls Boys peak 65/yr
19401960198020002020

Waylan first appears in 1923. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 51 51 #2,578
2024 — 49 49 #2,688
2023 — 60 60 #2,329
2022 — 58 58 #2,420
2021 — 42 42 #2,935
2020 5 48 53 #2,628
2019 6 59 65 #2,319
2018 — 48 48 #2,623
2017 — 44 44 #2,767
2016 — 44 44 #2,736
2015 — 44 44 #2,732
2014 — 39 39 #2,943
2013 — 31 31 #3,422
2012 — 39 39 #2,968
2011 — 36 36 #3,129
2010 — 46 46 #2,645
2009 — 23 23 #4,317
2008 — 38 38 #3,068
2007 — 30 30 #3,524
2006 — 24 24 #4,020
2005 — 23 23 #3,967
2004 — 18 18 #4,648
2003 — 18 18 #4,473
2002 — 14 14 #5,185
2001 — 7 7 #8,487
2000 — 16 16 #4,621
1999 — 8 8 #7,275
1998 — 10 10 #5,931
1997 — 15 15 #4,300
1996 — 8 8 #6,623
1995 — 9 9 #6,026
1994 — 7 7 #7,113
1993 — 5 5 #8,971
1992 — 10 10 #5,337
1991 — 5 5 #8,516
1990 — 9 9 #5,487
1988 — 5 5 #7,546
1987 — 5 5 #7,236
1984 — 8 8 #4,685
1982 — 6 6 #5,839
1981 — 11 11 #3,693
1980 — 10 10 #3,946
1979 — 9 9 #4,194
1978 — 8 8 #4,308
1977 — 14 14 #2,964
1976 — 11 11 #3,354
1974 — 7 7 #4,372
1973 — 6 6 #4,738
1972 — 9 9 #3,488
1971 — 11 11 #3,063
1970 — 10 10 #3,195
1969 — 5 5 #4,690
1968 — 10 10 #2,850
1967 — 6 6 #3,800
1966 — 5 5 #4,263
1963 — 6 6 #3,899
1960 — 10 10 #2,818
1951 — 5 5 #4,104
1950 — 6 6 #3,608
1948 — 7 7 #3,266
1944 — 5 5 #3,818
1940 — 8 8 #2,853
1939 — 5 5 #3,893
1937 — 5 5 #3,946
1936 — 6 6 #3,514
1934 — 9 9 #2,735
1930 — 7 7 #3,569
1929 — 6 6 #3,915
1924 — 6 6 #4,300
1923 — 6 6 #4,236