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Waylon
Rank in 2024
#65
Born in 2024
4,878
Peak year
2022 · #66
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 4,878 boys were named Waylon, about 1 in every 352.
- It peaked in 2022 with 4,918 babies, ranked #66.
- It first shows up in the records in 1911.
- 49,608 boys have been named Waylon since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Waylon per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 1.8Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 111 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 325 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 268 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,257 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,406 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6,133 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 38,108 babies, 1.75 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Variant of Wayland popularized by the American singer Waylon Jennings who was originally named Wayland.
- A male given name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Waylon, CC BY-SA 4.0.