Masculine dossier · first seen 1923

Waylan

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Waylan
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2023

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1923Peak 20232024

Peak year

2023

Decline from peak

18.3%

2024

All-time

1,237

Waylan has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2023, when 60 boys were named Waylan.

In 2024, only 49 boys were given the name.

Down 18.3% from its peak.

All told, about 1,237 Americans have been named Waylan and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1923.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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