Wylan

Boy · WY-lan · Modern

Wylan is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).

What does Wylan mean?

Modern: possibly a respelling of Waylon or Whelan

Wylan Van Eck is one of the six heist crew members in Leigh Bardugo's fantasy novel Six of Crows (2015).

Say it: WY-lan

Is Wylan a girl's or a boy's name?

Wylan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Wylan in the US?

Rank in 2025: #6,140among boys
Babies in 2025: 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
Five-year trend: Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Wylan, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.

Half of all the boys named Wylan in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

1997Busiest: 16 in 20092025

Wylan in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	14	#6,140
2024	12	#6,827
2023	14	#6,215
2022	9	#8,293
2021	14	#6,027
2020	16	#5,447
2019	6	#10,797
2018	15	#5,766
2017	13	#6,334
2016	14	#6,048
2015	16	#5,503
2014	13	#6,303
2013	14	#5,919
2012	14	#5,995
2011	14	#5,939
2010	14	#6,032
2009	16	#5,551
2008	15	#5,762
2007	15	#5,658
2006	7	#9,579
2005	8	#8,292
2004	0	–
2003	5	#10,886
2002	7	#8,449
2001	6	#9,236
2000	5	#10,341
1999	7	#7,867
1998	8	#6,837
1997	9	#6,094

Names like Wylan

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Kayden Kylan Ronan Declan Callan Braylen Rowan Kayson Lachlan Jayden Finnegan Kyson

Names related to Wylan

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