Recorded 2011–2025 · United States
Waylynn was most popular in 2022, when 61 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,942 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,507, with 40 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 502 people named Waylynn.
Waylynn first appears in Social Security Administration records in 2011, which makes it about 14 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 14 of the 15 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 502 American births named Waylynn 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 498 are estimated to be alive today.
40 American babies were named Waylynn in 2025, ranking #6,507 that year.
Waylynn is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 49 births a year, against 7 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +654% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Waylynn is a unisex name — 72.1% of the 502 Americans given it were girls and 27.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 2025 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 72% girls and 28% 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.
Roughly 498 Americans named Waylynn are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 6 years old, and half are between 3 and 8. That is a narrow band because Waylynn is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
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.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org