Wayman
Recorded 1884–2010 · United States
Wayman was most popular in 1950, when 59 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,019 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,850 people named Wayman.
Wayman over time
How old is the name Wayman?
Wayman first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1884, which makes it about 141 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 115 of the 142 years since. It was last recorded in 2010.
How many people are named Wayman?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,850 American births named Wayman between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,255 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Wayman in 2025?
Wayman was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Wayman a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Wayman is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,850 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were 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.
How old is someone named Wayman?
Roughly 1,255 Americans named Wayman are alive today — 44% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 65 years old, and half are between 50 and 75.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Wayman 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