girls:
92 births since 2015
#5624 (2nd percentile)
boys:
205 births since 2007
#4381 (4th percentile)
overall:
297 births since 2007
#7442 (4th percentile)
The name Waylyn is the #7,442 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 297 recorded births since 2007. This represents the 3.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,381 (4.4% percentile) for all time with 205 births since 2007. For girls, it ranks #5,624 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 92 births since 2015.
Waylyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2007 (2007 for boys and 2015 for girls). Birth data for Waylyn is available in 14 out of the 17 years between 2007 and 2023 (14 years for boys and 9 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Waylyn has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (69.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 72.5% of babies named Waylyn were boys.
For boys, Waylyn reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #879) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Waylyn is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #879 (3.5% percentile) with 20 births per million.
For girls, Waylyn reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #924) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Waylyn ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 84.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Waylyn".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Waylyn is pronounced as WAY-lihn, which has 2 syllables.
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