boys:
4.7k births since 1888
#1751 (62nd percentile)
overall:
4.7k births since 1888
#3968 (49th percentile)
The name Waymon is the #3,968 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,740 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 48.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 48.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,751 (61.8% percentile) for all time with 4,740 births since 1888.
Waymon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (first recorded for boys in 1888). Birth data for Waymon is available in 124 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Waymon reached its peak popularity in 1936, achieving the 17.4% percentile (ranked #429) with 89 births per million. The name was most common in 1936, with 89 births per million (ranked 17.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Waymon ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 3.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Waymon".
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