Wayland
Wayland is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 39 births. Its best rank was 782nd, in 1912.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 390.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202364 births
- Best rank
- #782in 1912
- Since 1884
- 4,159people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,159 boys have been named Wayland in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 64 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1957, and the 1920s alone account for 12%. It has spent 24 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Wayland | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | |
| 1890s | 10 | |
| 1900s | 13 | |
| 1910s | 311 | |
| 1920s | 482 | |
| 1930s | 462 | |
| 1940s | 479 | |
| 1950s | 395 | |
| 1960s | 390 | |
| 1970s | 433 | |
| 1980s | 264 | |
| 1990s | 208 | |
| 2000s | 157 | |
| 2010s | 309 | |
| 2020s | 228 |
In 2023, its biggest year
Wayland was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Wayland
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Herculespeak 2023
- Anastaciopeak 1924
- Florenciopeak 1924
- Gennaropeak 1926
- Ysidropeak 1922
- Drexelpeak 1957
- Donatopeak 1926
- Refugiopeak 1927
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.