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.

Waylon

#477 most common boys' name of all time · #1,032 across all names · 99% boys / 1% girls · used 1911–2025

Rank among boys
#477
Rank overall
#1,032 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
111 of 146
All-time
55,338
Since 2016
39,346
Peak year
2025 #56
Best rank
#56 2025
Girls Boys peak 5,425/yr
192019401960198020002020

Waylon first appears in 1911. 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 17 5,408 5,425 #56
2024 27 4,892 4,919 #65
2023 36 4,895 4,931 #63
2022 35 4,923 4,958 #66
2021 30 4,660 4,690 #69
2020 31 3,588 3,619 #103
2019 28 3,441 3,469 #113
2018 17 2,790 2,807 #142
2017 18 2,427 2,445 #162
2016 23 2,060 2,083 #196
2015 12 1,761 1,773 #222
2014 8 1,501 1,509 #251
2013 8 1,201 1,209 #290
2012 — 972 972 #324
2011 — 802 802 #373
2010 — 657 657 #421
2009 — 571 571 #480
2008 — 480 480 #547
2007 — 502 502 #520
2006 — 466 466 #544
2005 — 365 365 #615
2004 — 290 290 #689
2003 — 207 207 #841
2002 — 228 228 #757
2001 — 105 105 #1,268
2000 — 131 131 #1,081
1999 — 114 114 #1,152
1998 — 110 110 #1,138
1997 — 134 134 #978
1996 — 126 126 #992
1995 — 109 109 #1,084
1994 — 130 130 #969
1993 — 109 109 #1,063
1992 — 135 135 #913
1991 — 126 126 #949
1990 — 113 113 #993
1989 — 119 119 #932
1988 — 117 117 #881
1987 — 133 133 #808
1986 — 128 128 #805
1985 — 180 180 #655
1984 — 193 193 #613
1983 — 184 184 #631
1982 — 200 200 #607
1981 — 304 304 #478
1980 — 387 387 #419
1979 — 312 312 #465
1978 — 258 258 #507
1977 — 253 253 #524
1976 — 161 161 #650
1975 — 116 116 #771
1974 — 88 88 #853
1973 — 100 100 #794
1972 — 86 86 #870
1971 — 111 111 #774
1970 — 119 119 #756
1969 — 98 98 #779
1968 — 79 79 #828
1967 — 53 53 #998
1966 — 25 25 #1,566
1965 — 11 11 #2,533
1964 — 13 13 #2,360
1963 — 7 7 #3,425
1962 — 17 17 #1,994
1961 — 8 8 #3,185
1960 — 9 9 #2,952
1959 — 8 8 #3,129
1958 — 24 24 #1,620
1957 — 8 8 #3,112
1956 — 18 18 #1,922
1955 — 11 11 #2,499
1954 — 12 12 #2,388
1953 — 15 15 #2,079
1952 — 18 18 #1,839
1951 — 16 16 #1,950
1950 — 11 11 #2,378
1949 — 14 14 #2,083
1948 — 22 22 #1,593
1947 — 18 18 #1,830
1946 — 19 19 #1,679
1945 — 15 15 #1,827
1944 — 19 19 #1,613
1943 — 19 19 #1,679
1942 — 17 17 #1,782
1941 — 20 20 #1,577
1940 — 18 18 #1,671
1939 — 9 9 #2,533
1938 — 29 29 #1,243
1937 — 25 25 #1,367
1936 — 19 19 #1,576
1935 — 18 18 #1,694
1934 — 22 22 #1,489
1933 — 23 23 #1,450
1932 — 9 9 #2,742
1931 — 18 18 #1,749
1930 — 15 15 #2,050
1929 — 11 11 #2,531
1928 — 19 19 #1,804
1927 — 8 8 #3,260
1926 — 14 14 #2,259
1925 — 9 9 #3,030
1924 — 14 14 #2,301
1923 — 8 8 #3,282
1922 — 6 6 #3,973
1921 — 9 9 #3,068
1920 — 9 9 #3,058
1919 — 5 5 #4,312
1918 — 11 11 #2,645
1916 — 7 7 #3,298
1915 — 6 6 #3,548
1911 — 5 5 #1,995