Masculine dossier · first seen 1884

Wayland

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2023

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1884Peak 20232024

Peak year

2023

Decline from peak

39.1%

2024

All-time

4,159

Wayland 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 64 boys were named Wayland.

In 2024, only 39 boys were given the name.

Down 39.1% from its peak.

All told, about 4,159 Americans have been named Wayland and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1884.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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