Boy name#487 of boy names
Waylon
Pronounced W EY1 L AA2 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2022
- 114 years in use
How popular is Waylon?
Waylon is a boys' name, and first appears in 1911. It has been given to 49,881 children — the 487th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about five times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2022, when 4,918 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- W EY1 L AA2 N
- Stress pattern:
- 12
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Waylon
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Waylon
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Waylon?
- Waylon ranks 487th among boys' names in US records, with 49,881 births since 1911. Over the past decade it accounts for 35,407.
- Is Waylon a unisex name?
- No. Waylon is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Waylon most popular?
- 2022, when 4,918 children were given the name. It has been in use for 114 years and is still recorded as of 2024.