Waylen
Quick answers about Waylen
How many people are named Waylen?
An estimated 2,521 living Americans are named Waylen.
How rare is Waylen?
Waylen is uncommon among babies today, with 289 boys receiving the name in 2025, down 28.3% from its 2023 peak.
How old is the typical Waylen?
The median age of a living American named Waylen is approximately 4 years, with most bearers falling between 3 and 10 years old.
Is Waylen still popular?
Yes — Waylen is currently rising in popularity, with 289 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 4.5× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Waylen most common?
Waylen has its strongest geographic signal in Tennessee, where it appears 2.2× more often than the national baseline.
Waylen is most concentrated in Tennessee — about 2.2× the national rate in the 2020s. It also runs high in Indiana and North Carolina.
States where Waylen is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.