Waylon

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈweɪˌɫɑn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Waylon is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Variant of Wayland popularized by the American singer Waylon Jennings who was originally named Wayland.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 14K(measured from records)
  • IEIreland≈1 in 58K
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 87K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

23,106 people, 2020

Sources
309 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Variant of Wayland popularized by the American singer Waylon Jennings who was originally named Wayland.

Sources 1

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Waylon, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Waylon counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Waylon is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—23,1061 in 14K23KWaylon309
CA Canada—≈380 est.≈1 in 99K36Waylon80
GB United Kingdom—≈320 est.≈1 in 205KlistedWaylon48
IT Italy—≈280 est.≈1 in 222K—Waylon5
ZA South Africa—≈280 est.≈1 in 201K—Waylon20
CU Cuba#971≈120 est.≈1 in 93K—Waylon2
IE Ireland—≈90 est.≈1 in 58K—Waylon3
SG Singapore—≈72 est.≈1 in 87K—Waylon10
NZ New Zealand—≈53 est.≈1 in 93K12—18

23,106 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the gb-nisra-baby-names-ni register; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Waylon Jennings, b. 1937Waylon Payne, b. 1972Waylon Reavis, b. 1978Shooter Jennings, b. 1979Waylon Lowe, b. 1980Waylon Woolcock, b. 1982Waylon Prather, b. 1985Waylon Murray, b. 1986Waylon Francis, b. 1990

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Waylon,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 30 sources across 16 countries.

Official registers attesting Waylon
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202023K#1,461
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20255.4K—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)2024190—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)2023172—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)2022152—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)2021149—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020130#1,461
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)2019110—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)202097—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)201782—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)201665—
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)201863—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Waylon a male or female name?
Waylon is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Waylon mean, and where does it come from?
Variant of Wayland popularized by the American singer Waylon Jennings who was originally named Wayland. Recorded by Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Waylon?
A machine transcription gives /ˈweɪˌɫɑn/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Waylon have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 23 thousand people named Waylon, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled waylon.
Where is Waylon most common?
Waylon is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 14 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Waylon?
In the United States, the national register counted 23,106 people named Waylon in 2020, about 1 in 14 thousand residents.
How common is Waylon compared with other names?
In Cuba, Waylon is the 971st most common given name of 6,267 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Waylon” — the 971st most common given name in Cuba. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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