Wayland
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WAY-lund
- Origin
- Old English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,284 for boys
Wayland is a boys' name of Old English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,284th for boys in the US (61 babies).
What does Wayland mean?
Old English: from Weland, the legendary smith
Wayland the Smith is a master craftsman of Germanic legend; a Neolithic tomb in Oxfordshire is called Wayland's Smithy.
Is Wayland a girl's or a boy's name?
Wayland is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 61 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Wayland in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,284th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 61 about 1 in 28,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 61 boys in the US were named Wayland, making it the 2,284th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 64 boys. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the boys named Wayland in the US since 1880 were born between 1934 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 79 boys in the US were given Wayland or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,694, up from #2,284 for this spelling alone.
- Wayland 61
- Weyland 18
Wayland in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,284 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,103 |
| 2023 | 64 | #2,220 |
| 2022 | 47 | #2,751 |
| 2021 | 50 | #2,587 |
| 2020 | 28 | #3,731 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 47 | #2,634 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 41 | #2,884 |
| 2015 | 39 | #2,965 |
| 2014 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,016 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 29 | #2,400 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,286 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,288 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,356 |
| 1984 | 31 | #1,795 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,207 |
| 1982 | 35 | #1,676 |
| 1981 | 25 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 39 | #1,547 |
| 1979 | 32 | #1,753 |
| 1978 | 43 | #1,410 |
| 1977 | 46 | #1,335 |
| 1976 | 41 | #1,390 |
| 1975 | 38 | #1,429 |
| 1974 | 49 | #1,182 |
| 1973 | 49 | #1,176 |
| 1972 | 36 | #1,418 |
| 1971 | 50 | #1,157 |
| 1970 | 49 | #1,178 |
| 1969 | 51 | #1,086 |
| 1968 | 33 | #1,339 |
| 1967 | 44 | #1,117 |
| 1966 | 29 | #1,427 |
| 1965 | 30 | #1,404 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,160 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,254 |
| 1962 | 43 | #1,186 |
| 1961 | 34 | #1,367 |
| 1960 | 44 | #1,177 |
| 1959 | 36 | #1,301 |
| 1958 | 51 | #1,070 |
| 1957 | 30 | #1,435 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,384 |
| 1955 | 31 | #1,369 |
| 1954 | 49 | #1,067 |
| 1953 | 44 | #1,101 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,322 |
| 1951 | 59 | #914 |
| 1950 | 32 | #1,271 |
| 1949 | 42 | #1,084 |
| 1948 | 57 | #909 |
| 1947 | 55 | #955 |
| 1946 | 42 | #1,059 |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,179 |
| 1944 | 34 | #1,135 |
| 1943 | 52 | #923 |
| 1942 | 59 | #851 |
| 1941 | 50 | #898 |
| 1940 | 57 | #830 |
| 1939 | 46 | #916 |
| 1938 | 53 | #852 |
| 1937 | 47 | #906 |
| 1936 | 47 | #893 |
| 1935 | 48 | #915 |
| 1934 | 52 | #869 |
| 1933 | 46 | #926 |
| 1932 | 43 | #1,004 |
| 1931 | 42 | #1,031 |
| 1930 | 38 | #1,132 |
| 1929 | 41 | #1,078 |
| 1928 | 51 | #950 |
| 1927 | 44 | #1,060 |
| 1926 | 53 | #931 |
| 1925 | 59 | #871 |
| 1924 | 57 | #925 |
| 1923 | 44 | #1,076 |
| 1922 | 54 | #949 |
| 1921 | 40 | #1,122 |
| 1920 | 39 | #1,139 |
| 1919 | 43 | #1,034 |
| 1918 | 42 | #1,035 |
| 1917 | 37 | #1,092 |
| 1916 | 33 | #1,138 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,100 |
| 1914 | 37 | #898 |
| 1913 | 34 | #818 |
| 1912 | 32 | #765 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,116 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,117 |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
Names like Wayland
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leland, Winston, Roland, Warren, Edward, Richard, William, Teddy, Harold, Darwin, Leon, Wesley
Other spellings of Wayland
Names related to Wayland
More Old English names
Alfie, Waylon, Alfred, Audrey, Edith, Wilfred, Ozzy, Edie, Eddie, Edwin, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar, Alden, Edmund
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, “Wayland: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wayland, updated 20 October 2026.