Waylin
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- WAY-lon
- Origin
- Old English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,582 for boys
Waylin is a name of Old English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).
What does Waylin mean?
Old English: spelling of Waylon, itself a variant of Wayland, from Weland, the legendary smith
A variant of Wayland, the smith of Germanic legend; made famous by country singer Waylon Jennings.
Meaning borrowed from Waylon. More on Wiktionary.
Is Waylin a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Waylin has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the US.
How popular is Waylin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,582nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31 about 1 in 55,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Waylin, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Waylin in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,855 boys in the US were given Waylin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #59, up from #3,582 for this spelling alone.
In 2024, 23% of the babies named Waylin in the US were girls.
Waylin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,582 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,564 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
Names like Waylin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Odin, Callan, Raiden, Zayden, Kayden, Cassian, Ronan, Zayan, Zayn, Kaizen, Declan, Sevyn
Other spellings of Waylin
Waylon, Waylen, Waylan, Waylyn, Waylynn, Waelyn, Weylin, Whalen, Weylyn
Names related to Waylin
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, “Waylin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/waylin, updated 20 October 2026.