Waylen Boy
How popular is Waylen?
#848 boy name in 2025
289 baby boys were named Waylen in the US in 2025, making it the 848th most popular boy name.
Waylen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #848 for boys (▼ 53 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 289 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+374% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,212 in 2015, #1,518 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (403 boys) |
| Highest rank | #676 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 1947 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 97% boys, 3% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Waylen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Waylon family of names ranked #59 for boys in 2025 (#62 the year before), with 5,830 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Waylon | 5,408 | 93% |
| Waylen | 289 | 5% |
| Waylan | 51 | 1% |
| Waylin | 31 | 1% |
| Waylyn | 24 | 0% |
| Wallen | 27 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Waylen is most popular
Babies named Waylen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- South Dakota: 0.5 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- Idaho: 0.4 per 1,000 (18 boys)
- Kentucky: 0.4 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- West Virginia: 0.4 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- Oklahoma: 0.4 per 1,000 (35 boys)
Waylen by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1950s | 5 | #3,941 |
| 1960s | 12 | #3,594 |
| 1970s | 32 | #4,933 |
| 1980s | 17 | #4,938 |
| 1990s | 40 | #5,650 |
| 2000s | 192 | #3,311 |
| 2010s | 710 | #1,271 |
| 2020s | 1,539 | #676 |
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Questions
- Is Waylen a boy or girl name?
- Waylen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Waylen were boys.
- How popular is the name Waylen?
- 289 baby boys were named Waylen in the US in 2025, making it the 848th most popular boy name.
- When was Waylen most popular?
- Waylen peaked in 2023, when 403 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #676 in 2023.
- How many people are named Waylen?
- 2,615 babies have been named Waylen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,594 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 4.
- Where is Waylen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Waylen was most common in South Dakota, at 0.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.