Is Waylen a boy or girl name?

Waylen is a boy’s name. Of the 2,615 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 2.4% were girls and 97.6% were boys.

Waylen

Recorded 1947–2025 · United States

Waylen was most popular in 2023, when 411 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,353 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,738, with 289 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,615 people named Waylen.

Waylen over time

Births per year. The dot marks Waylen’s peak in 2023. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Waylen a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Waylen is a boy’s name — 2.4% of the 2,615 Americans given it were girls and 97.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 3% girls and 97% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Waylen

Where Waylen is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org