Wayland
Wayland was the 2301st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 61 babies. Its best year was 1912, when it ranked 782nd; the most babies were born in 2023 (64). Over the last ten years it has moved up 719 places. More babies were named Wayland in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,301 boys, up 1,505 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 61boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202364 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,220babies recorded
Wayland popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,301 | 61 |
| 2020 | #3,806 | 28 |
| 2010 | #7,063 | 12 |
| 2000 | #4,563 | 17 |
| 1990 | #3,162 | 20 |
| 1980 | #1,568 | 39 |
| 1970 | #1,191 | 49 |
| 1960 | #1,191 | 44 |
| 1950 | #1,288 | 32 |
| 1940 | #840 | 57 |
| 1930 | #1,150 | 38 |
| 1920 | #1,153 | 39 |
| 1910 | #1,189 | 9 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Wayland, counting every spelling?
Wayland is the most common spelling of a name family that had 79 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 79 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayland | 61 | #2,301 | 261 |
| Weyland | 18 | #5,384 | 61 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Wayland?
61 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Wayland (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Wayland born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 138 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Wayland.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Wayland?
About 2,400 people born in the US named Wayland are alive today, with a median age of 47; half are between 17 and 64. That makes Wayland mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Wayland by state
How common Wayland was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Wayland: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Wayland, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Wayland
How popular is the name Wayland?
Wayland was the 2301st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 61 babies. Its best year was 1912, when it ranked 782nd; the most babies were born in 2023 (64). Over the last ten years it has moved up 719 places. More babies were named Wayland in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Wayland a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Wayland in the US.
Where is Wayland most popular?
In 2021–2025, Wayland was most common in Michigan (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by Virginia and California.