Waylen

Origin: Variant of Waylon · Old English Weland, the smith of Germanic legend (from Old English (Weland, Germanic myth))

Boy's name · #849 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Waylen is near its high-water mark: it reached #678 in 2023 and still ranked #849 in 2025. About 2,600 boys have carried it since 1947.

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 31 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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#1,228 in Canada (2024).

Similar names: Waylan · Mylo · Watson · Kaiser · Rylen · Axton

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