Meaning and history
Waylon is a variant of Wayland and was popularized by country music singer Waylon Jennings (1937–2002), who was originally named Wayland.
20062006: 466 births, rank #544
2007: 502 births, rank #520
2008: 480 births, rank #546
2009: 571 births, rank #480
2010: 657 births, rank #420
20112011: 802 births, rank #373
2012: 972 births, rank #324
2013: 1,201 births, rank #290
2014: 1,501 births, rank #251
2015: 1,761 births, rank #222
20162016: 2,060 births, rank #196
2017: 2,427 births, rank #162
2018: 2,790 births, rank #142
2019: 3,441 births, rank #113
2020: 3,588 births, rank #103
20212021: 4,660 births, rank #69
2022: 4,923 births, rank #66
2023: 4,895 births, rank #63
2024: 4,892 births, rank #65
20252025: 5,408 births, rank #56
Waylon has risen sharply in the modern US rankings, moving from #978 in 1997 to #56 in 2025. It now stands at #56 for boys. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 5,408.