Waylon

What Waylon means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Waylon yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #222 in 2015, #56 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Waylon?

US: Rising: up from #222 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 5,408 boys got the name (#56 that year). First in the US records in 1911.

How common

• About 1 in 316 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 27,194 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WV (18.67 per 1,000 boys), WY (11.93 per 1,000 boys), MT (11.42 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Waylon is #56 in the US and #2269 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.7% of US babies named Waylon were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Waylen289 US
• Waylan51 US
• Waylin31 US
• Wallen27 US
• Waylyn24 US
• Waylynn20 US
• Waelyn10 US
• Weylin9 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Waylon

Boys

• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Arlo#148Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #15 vs #148 in 2025
• Ace#164Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #419 in 2015, #164 in 2025
• Adriel#84“flock of God”^*
• Thiago#50Portuguese, meaning “natal, relating to birth”^*
• Otto#277“wealth, riches”^*

For a sister

• Ada#219“noble”^*
• Ember#154Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #366 in 2015, #154 in 2025
• Elsie#123Diminutive of Alison, meaning “of noble kind”^*
• Aurelia#290“golden”^*
• Ariella#174Form of Ariel, meaning “lion of God”^*
• Nora#20Form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Waylon’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.