WAY-lon
Waylon
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About Waylon
The name Waylon is currently ranked #56 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #56 in 2025. The name is most popular in West Virginia, West Virginia, and West Virginia. Waylon is occasionally used for girls in 2025.
Pronounced WAY-lon. 2 syllables.
As of September 2026, Waylon ranked #56 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #281.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #251 | 1,500 | 780.9 |
| 2015 | #222 | 1,761 | 918.7 |
| 2016 | #196 | 2,059 | 1,085 |
| 2017 | #162 | 2,427 | 1,311.2 |
| 2018 | #142 | 2,789 | 1,535.7 |
| 2019 | #113 | 3,438 | 1,916.2 |
| 2020 | #103 | 3,586 | 2,077.5 |
| 2021 | #69 | 4,657 | 2,661.9 |
| 2022 | #66 | 4,918 | 2,816.7 |
| 2023 | #62 | 4,894 | 2,861 |
| 2024 | #65 | 4,878 | 2,831.3 |
| 2025 | #56 | 5,408 | 3,166.1 |
World rankings
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Famous Waylons
- Waylon Arnold Jennings
American country music singer
- Waylon
stage name of Willem Bijkerk, Dutch singer
- (Michael) Waylon Lowe
American mixed martial artist
- Waylon Glenn Prather
American NFL player
- Waylon Muller
Marshall Islands Olympic wrestler
- Waylon Dwayne Francis
Costa Rican footballer
- Waylon Reavis
former vocalist for American nu metal band Mushroomhead
- Waylon Tripp Parker
son of William True; grandson of American actors Kirstie Alley and Parker Stevenson
- Waylon "Blackjack" Albert Jennings (b. 2011)
son of singer,songwriter Shooter Jennings and actress Drea de Matteo
- Waylynn Lucas
female American chef and owner of bakery Fonuts
Waylon in pop culture
- Waylon J. Smithers
Mr. Burns's assistant on TV's "The Simpsons"
- Waylon Jones aka Killer Croc
character in Batman comics
- Waylon Flood
character on TV's "American Gothic"
- Waylon Forge
minor character in the first "Twilight" movie
- Waylon Moore
character in 2004 film "Raising Waylon"
- Waylon Park
character in the "Outlast" game series