Waylen
#2,666 most common boys' name of all time · #6,421 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1947–2025
Rank among boys
#2,666
Rank overall
#6,421 of 105,966
First appeared
1947
Years on the list
44 of 146
All-time
2,615
Since 2016
1,989
Peak year
2023 #678
Best rank
#678 2023
Girls
Boys
peak 411/yr
Waylen first appears in 1947. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 289 | 289 | #848 |
| 2024 | 7 | 316 | 323 | #795 |
| 2023 | 8 | 403 | 411 | #678 |
| 2022 | 16 | 263 | 279 | #894 |
| 2021 | 9 | 158 | 167 | #1,220 |
| 2020 | 7 | 110 | 117 | #1,523 |
| 2019 | 10 | 147 | 157 | #1,274 |
| 2018 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,798 |
| 2017 | 6 | 87 | 93 | #1,772 |
| 2016 | — | 68 | 68 | #2,074 |
| 2015 | — | 61 | 61 | #2,221 |
| 2014 | — | 67 | 67 | #2,088 |
| 2013 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,377 |
| 2012 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,391 |
| 2011 | — | 60 | 60 | #2,180 |
| 2010 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2009 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,756 |
| 2008 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,178 |
| 2007 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,328 |
| 2006 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,028 |
| 2005 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,550 |
| 2004 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,104 |
| 2003 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,090 |
| 2002 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,809 |
| 2001 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,112 |
| 2000 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,576 |
| 1999 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,751 |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,949 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,043 |
| 1994 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,153 |
| 1993 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,911 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,895 |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,603 |
| 1980 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,170 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,633 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,135 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,225 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,232 |
| 1973 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,455 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,344 |
| 1969 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,825 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 1956 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,339 |
| 1947 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,265 |