Waylan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WAY-lun
- Origin
- Old English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,572 for boys
Waylan is a boys' name of Old English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,572nd for boys in the US (51 babies).
What does Waylan mean?
Old English: variant of Waylon, from Wayland
A spelling of Waylon, from Wayland, the legendary smith of Germanic and English folklore.
Is Waylan a girl's or a boy's name?
Waylan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 51 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Waylan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,572nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 51 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 51 boys in the US were named Waylan, making it the 2,572nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,616th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 60 boys. It first appears in the records in 1923.
Half of all the boys named Waylan in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,855 boys in the US were given Waylan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #59, up from #2,572 for this spelling alone.
Waylan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #2,572 |
| 2024 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,314 |
| 2022 | 58 | #2,407 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,917 |
| 2020 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2019 | 59 | #2,309 |
| 2018 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2017 | 44 | #2,754 |
| 2016 | 44 | #2,725 |
| 2015 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2014 | 39 | #2,927 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 39 | #2,952 |
| 2011 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2010 | 46 | #2,631 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 38 | #3,056 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
Names like Waylan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Hamza, Hassan, Zahir, Muhammad, Yazan, Zamir, Amir, Zayd, Zayan, Jamir, Ahmad
Other spellings of Waylan
Waylon, Waylen, Waylin, Waylyn, Waylynn, Waelyn, Weylin, Whalen, Weylyn
Names related to Waylan
More Old English names
Alfie, Edward, Teddy, Alfred, Audrey, Edith, Wilfred, Ozzy, Edie, Eddie, Edwin, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar, Alden
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Waylan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/waylan, updated 20 October 2026.