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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Waylan” in the USA?

Number of people named “Waylan” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Waylan” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Waylan” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Waylan” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Waylan” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Waylan” by birth year

This chart shows how “Waylan” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1923 6 0.000002606 6 -100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 -100%
1929 6 0.000002737 6 -100%
1930 7 0.000003148 7 -100%
1934 9 0.000004334 9 -100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 -100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 -100%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 -100%
1944 5 0.000001859 5 -100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 -100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 -100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 -100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 -100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 10 0.00000296 10 -100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1971 11 0.000003205 11 -100%
1972 9 0.000002864 9 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 7 0.000002303 7 -100%
1976 11 0.000003625 11 -100%
1977 14 0.000004407 14 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1979 9 0.000002705 9 -100%
1980 10 0.000002903 10 -100%
1981 11 0.00000318 11 -100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 -100%
1984 8 0.000002293 8 -100%
1987 5 0.000001387 5 -100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 -100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 -100%
1992 10 0.000002603 10 -100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 -100%
1994 7 0.000001883 7 -100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 -100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 -100%
1997 15 0.000004137 15 -100%
1998 10 0.000002719 10 -100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 -100%
2000 16 0.000004233 16 -100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 -100%
2002 14 0.000003745 14 -100%
2003 18 0.000004734 18 -100%
2004 18 0.000004711 18 -100%
2005 23 0.000005982 23 -100%
2006 24 0.000006066 24 -100%
2007 30 0.000007504 30 -100%
2008 38 0.000009668 38 -100%
2009 23 0.000006021 23 -100%
2010 46 0.000012447 46 -100%
2011 36 0.000009842 36 -100%
2012 39 0.000010663 39 -100%
2013 31 0.000008503 31 -100%
2014 39 0.000010522 39 -100%
2015 44 0.000011889 44 -100%
2016 44 0.000011993 44 -100%
2017 44 0.000012304 44 -100%
2018 48 0.000013652 48 -100%
2019 65 0.000018727 6 59 -82%
2020 53 0.000015866 5 48 -81%
2021 42 0.000012397 42 -100%
2022 58 0.000017144 58 -100%
2023 60 0.00001812 60 -100%
2024 49 0.000014721 49 -100%

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