Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Waylon yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Waylon's 4,878 births in 2024 runs 225% ahead of its count a decade earlier, just short of the name's actual peak, 4,918, set two years earlier in 2022.
The name's data history stretches back to 1911, though it stayed at low volume through most of the 1900s.
Country musician Waylon Jennings is the clear namesake here — a specific, well-known figure rather than the documentation gap seen with fellow risers Nova or Lainey elsewhere in this batch, though whether his fame from decades ago explains a 2020s surge is something the birth data alone can't confirm.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1911 | 5 | #1,988 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,813 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,498 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,694 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,786 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,198 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,205 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,294 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,458 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,344 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,145 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,300 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,436 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,819 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,585 |
| 1930 | 15 | #2,077 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,767 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,840 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,451 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,496 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,706 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,585 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,370 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,246 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,603 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,678 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,585 |
| 1942 | 17 | #1,795 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,693 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,626 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,849 |
| 1946 | 19 | #1,689 |
| 1947 | 18 | #1,847 |
| 1948 | 22 | #1,607 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,120 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,434 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,969 |
| 1952 | 18 | #1,856 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,097 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,440 |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,554 |
| 1956 | 18 | #1,943 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,251 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,641 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,281 |
| 1960 | 9 | #3,072 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,346 |
| 1962 | 17 | #2,032 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,638 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,407 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,612 |
| 1966 | 25 | #1,578 |
| 1967 | 53 | #1,002 |
| 1968 | 79 | #828 |
| 1969 | 98 | #781 |
| 1970 | 119 | #758 |
| 1971 | 111 | #775 |
| 1972 | 86 | #872 |
| 1973 | 100 | #795 |
| 1974 | 88 | #856 |
| 1975 | 116 | #771 |
| 1976 | 161 | #650 |
| 1977 | 253 | #525 |
| 1978 | 258 | #507 |
| 1979 | 312 | #465 |
| 1980 | 387 | #419 |
| 1981 | 304 | #479 |
| 1982 | 200 | #608 |
| 1983 | 184 | #631 |
| 1984 | 193 | #613 |
| 1985 | 180 | #656 |
| 1986 | 128 | #805 |
| 1987 | 133 | #809 |
| 1988 | 117 | #882 |
| 1989 | 119 | #937 |
| 1990 | 113 | #994 |
| 1991 | 126 | #953 |
| 1992 | 135 | #913 |
| 1993 | 109 | #1,070 |
| 1994 | 130 | #971 |
| 1995 | 109 | #1,088 |
| 1996 | 126 | #998 |
| 1997 | 134 | #978 |
| 1998 | 110 | #1,144 |
| 1999 | 114 | #1,155 |
| 2000 | 131 | #1,082 |
| 2001 | 105 | #1,276 |
| 2002 | 228 | #759 |
| 2003 | 207 | #842 |
| 2004 | 290 | #689 |
| 2005 | 365 | #615 |
| 2006 | 466 | #544 |
| 2007 | 502 | #520 |
| 2008 | 480 | #547 |
| 2009 | 571 | #480 |
| 2010 | 657 | #421 |
| 2011 | 801 | #374 |
| 2012 | 972 | #324 |
| 2013 | 1,201 | #290 |
| 2014 | 1,500 | #251 |
| 2015 | 1,761 | #222 |
| 2016 | 2,059 | #196 |
| 2017 | 2,427 | #162 |
| 2018 | 2,789 | #142 |
| 2019 | 3,438 | #113 |
| 2020 | 3,586 | #103 |
| 2021 | 4,657 | #69 |
| 2022 | 4,918 | #66 |
| 2023 | 4,894 | #62 |
| 2024 | 4,878 | #65 |
