# Waylon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/waylon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 55,338 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 55,048 / 290 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 48, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Wayland popularized by the American singer Waylon Jennings who was originally named Wayland.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 8 | 13,085 |
| 2014 | 8 | 13,006 |
| 2015 | 12 | 9,456 |
| 2016 | 23 | 5,780 |
| 2017 | 18 | 6,790 |
| 2018 | 17 | 7,085 |
| 2019 | 28 | 4,900 |
| 2020 | 31 | 4,443 |
| 2021 | 30 | 4,602 |
| 2022 | 35 | 4,196 |
| 2023 | 36 | 4,108 |
| 2024 | 27 | 5,018 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6,818 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 802 | 373 |
| 2012 | 972 | 324 |
| 2013 | 1,201 | 290 |
| 2014 | 1,501 | 251 |
| 2015 | 1,761 | 222 |
| 2016 | 2,060 | 196 |
| 2017 | 2,427 | 162 |
| 2018 | 2,790 | 142 |
| 2019 | 3,441 | 113 |
| 2020 | 3,588 | 103 |
| 2021 | 4,660 | 69 |
| 2022 | 4,923 | 66 |
| 2023 | 4,895 | 63 |
| 2024 | 4,892 | 65 |
| 2025 | 5,408 | 56 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## People named Waylon

- Waylon Jennings, American country musician (1937–2002)
- Waylon Francis, Costa Rican footballer
- Waylon Payne, American musician and actor
- Shooter Jennings, American musician and record producer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.