NameTides

Waylen

Waylen was the #848 boys' name in the US in 2025 (289 babies), and #1,804 in Canada.

Waylen as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Waylen as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Waylen as a boy’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#848 (289)#1,804 (11)
2024#795 (316)#1,205 (19)
2023#676 (403)#1,342 (15)
2022#894 (263)#1,759 (10)
2021#1,218 (158)#1,653 (11)
2020#1,518 (110)#2,013 (8)
2019#1,271 (147)#2,440 (6)
2018#1,792 (85)—
2017#1,768 (87)—
2016#2,066 (68)—
2015#2,212 (61)—
2014#2,082 (67)—
2013#2,364 (53)—
2012#2,380 (53)#2,666 (5)
2011#2,173 (60)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #676.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1947.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,900 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Waylen is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,200 to 1 in 7,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Waylen by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #552MNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: #641MINew York: #950NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #529ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #512INOhio: #470OHPennsylvania: #662PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,299CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #489MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #798VAMaryland: #634MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #638TNNorth Carolina: #825NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #756GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,294TXFlorida: #912FL
Waylen (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,3557

Waylen (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
WaylenCanadaBoys#1,80411
WaylenUSGirls—too few
WaylenUSBoys#848289