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How popular is “Waylon” in the USA?

Number of people named “Waylon” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Waylon” 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 “Waylon” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Waylon” by birth year

This chart shows how “Waylon” 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
1911 5 0.000007761 5 -100%
1915 6 0.000003274 6 -100%
1916 7 0.000003619 7 -100%
1918 11 0.000005067 11 -100%
1919 5 0.000002369 5 -100%
1920 9 0.000003978 9 -100%
1921 9 0.000003855 9 -100%
1922 6 0.000002621 6 -100%
1923 8 0.000003475 8 -100%
1924 14 0.000005878 14 -100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 -100%
1926 14 0.000006098 14 -100%
1927 8 0.000003449 8 -100%
1928 19 0.000008404 19 -100%
1929 11 0.000005018 11 -100%
1930 15 0.000006747 15 -100%
1931 18 0.000008554 18 -100%
1932 9 0.000004263 9 -100%
1933 23 0.000011503 23 -100%
1934 22 0.000010593 22 -100%
1935 18 0.000008613 18 -100%
1936 19 0.000009145 19 -100%
1937 25 0.000011733 25 -100%
1938 29 0.000013107 29 -100%
1939 9 0.000004085 9 -100%
1940 18 0.000007817 18 -100%
1941 20 0.000008209 20 -100%
1942 17 0.000006223 17 -100%
1943 19 0.000006731 19 -100%
1944 19 0.000007063 19 -100%
1945 15 0.000005654 15 -100%
1946 19 0.000005946 19 -100%
1947 18 0.000004997 18 -100%
1948 22 0.000006372 22 -100%
1949 14 0.000004017 14 -100%
1950 11 0.00000314 11 -100%
1951 16 0.000004343 16 -100%
1952 18 0.000004739 18 -100%
1953 15 0.000003892 15 -100%
1954 12 0.000003015 12 -100%
1955 11 0.00000274 11 -100%
1956 18 0.000004366 18 -100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 -100%
1958 24 0.000005806 24 -100%
1959 8 0.000001924 8 -100%
1960 9 0.000002167 9 -100%
1961 8 0.000001931 8 -100%
1962 17 0.000004213 17 -100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 -100%
1964 13 0.000003344 13 -100%
1965 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1966 25 0.000007193 25 -100%
1967 53 0.000015612 53 -100%
1968 79 0.000023384 79 -100%
1969 98 0.000028199 98 -100%
1970 119 0.000032996 119 -100%
1971 111 0.000032339 111 -100%
1972 86 0.000027362 86 -100%
1973 100 0.000033147 100 -100%
1974 88 0.000028947 88 -100%
1975 116 0.000038418 116 -100%
1976 161 0.00005306 161 -100%
1977 253 0.000079648 253 -100%
1978 258 0.000081289 258 -100%
1979 312 0.000093778 312 -100%
1980 387 0.000112353 387 -100%
1981 304 0.000087877 304 -100%
1982 200 0.000057013 200 -100%
1983 184 0.000053128 184 -100%
1984 193 0.000055321 193 -100%
1985 180 0.000050433 180 -100%
1986 128 0.000035985 128 -100%
1987 133 0.000036887 133 -100%
1988 117 0.000031664 117 -100%
1989 119 0.000030954 119 -100%
1990 113 0.00002859 113 -100%
1991 126 0.000032347 126 -100%
1992 135 0.000035145 135 -100%
1993 109 0.00002891 109 -100%
1994 130 0.000034968 130 -100%
1995 109 0.000029764 109 -100%
1996 126 0.000034547 126 -100%
1997 134 0.000036958 134 -100%
1998 110 0.000029906 110 -100%
1999 114 0.000030862 114 -100%
2000 131 0.000034657 131 -100%
2001 105 0.000028049 105 -100%
2002 228 0.00006099 228 -100%
2003 207 0.00005444 207 -100%
2004 290 0.000075898 290 -100%
2005 365 0.000094932 365 -100%
2006 466 0.00011779 466 -100%
2007 502 0.000125573 502 -100%
2008 480 0.000122117 480 -100%
2009 571 0.00014947 571 -100%
2010 657 0.000177772 657 -100%
2011 801 0.000218985 801 -100%
2012 972 0.000265765 972 -100%
2013 1209 0.000331627 8 1201 -99%
2014 1508 0.000406866 8 1500 -99%
2015 1773 0.000479071 12 1761 -99%
2016 2082 0.000567504 23 2059 -98%
2017 2445 0.000683688 18 2427 -99%
2018 2806 0.000798089 17 2789 -99%
2019 3466 0.000998579 28 3438 -98%
2020 3617 0.001082747 31 3586 -98%
2021 4687 0.001383433 30 4657 -99%
2022 4953 0.001464027 35 4918 -99%
2023 4930 0.001488888 36 4894 -99%
2024 4905 0.001473636 27 4878 -99%

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