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Wayland: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 61 in 2025. Its best rank was #782 in 1912.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #782 in 1912; #2,301 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Wayland in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,301 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1912, at #782.
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Wayland: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 61 boys in 2025. Peak: #782 in 1912 · most boys in one year: 64 (2023).
In 2025, 61 US boys were named Wayland, making it the 2,301st most common boys’ name of the year, up 855 places from #3,156 in 2024. That is 22 more than the 39 boys named Wayland in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #782, reached in 1912. The most boys given the name in a single year was 64, in 2023. For comparison, it was #3,020 in 2015 and #1,288 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Wayland in 123 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1884 with 5 babies. In all, 4,220 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 482 babies named Wayland.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 457 US boys were named Wayland; the busiest of those years was 2023, with 64. In 2025 that was about 1 in 28,001 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Wayland ranked highest in Michigan in 2025, at #898 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 8 | #898 | — |
| Virginia | 6 | #1,081 | — |
| California | 7 | #2,192 | #2,918 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 61 | #2,301 |
| 2024 | — | — | 39 | #3,156 |
| 2023 | — | — | 64 | #2,242 |
| 2022 | — | — | 47 | #2,790 |
| 2021 | — | — | 50 | #2,618 |
| 2020 | — | — | 28 | #3,806 |
| 2019 | — | — | 47 | #2,733 |
| 2018 | — | — | 47 | #2,669 |
| 2017 | — | — | 33 | #3,435 |
| 2016 | — | — | 41 | #2,932 |
| 2015 | — | — | 39 | #3,020 |
| 2014 | — | — | 33 | #3,364 |
| 2013 | — | — | 14 | #6,225 |
| 2012 | — | — | 28 | #3,800 |
| 2011 | — | — | 15 | #5,929 |
| 2010 | — | — | 12 | #7,063 |
| 2009 | — | — | 20 | #4,911 |
| 2008 | — | — | 13 | #6,742 |
| 2007 | — | — | 22 | #4,482 |
| 2006 | — | — | 20 | #4,668 |
| 2005 | — | — | 12 | #6,614 |
| 2004 | — | — | 20 | #4,409 |
| 2003 | — | — | 13 | #5,868 |
| 2002 | — | — | 9 | #7,614 |
| 2001 | — | — | 11 | #6,425 |
| 2000 | — | — | 17 | #4,563 |
| 1999 | — | — | 18 | #4,155 |
| 1998 | — | — | 18 | #4,009 |
| 1997 | — | — | 15 | #4,444 |
| 1996 | — | — | 24 | #3,103 |
| 1995 | — | — | 16 | #4,044 |
| 1994 | — | — | 25 | #2,944 |
| 1993 | — | — | 20 | #3,361 |
| 1992 | — | — | 23 | #2,994 |
| 1991 | — | — | 29 | #2,466 |
| 1990 | — | — | 20 | #3,162 |
| 1989 | — | — | 29 | #2,355 |
| 1988 | — | — | 16 | #3,342 |
| 1987 | — | — | 20 | #2,719 |
| 1986 | — | — | 24 | #2,356 |
| 1985 | — | — | 22 | #2,423 |
| 1984 | — | — | 31 | #1,840 |
| 1983 | — | — | 23 | #2,269 |
| 1982 | — | — | 35 | #1,699 |
| 1981 | — | — | 25 | #2,135 |
| 1980 | — | — | 39 | #1,568 |
| 1979 | — | — | 32 | #1,787 |
| 1978 | — | — | 43 | #1,434 |
| 1977 | — | — | 46 | #1,355 |
| 1976 | — | — | 41 | #1,410 |
| 1975 | — | — | 38 | #1,453 |
| 1974 | — | — | 49 | #1,197 |
| 1973 | — | — | 49 | #1,185 |
| 1972 | — | — | 36 | #1,439 |
| 1971 | — | — | 50 | #1,164 |
| 1970 | — | — | 49 | #1,191 |
| 1969 | — | — | 51 | #1,095 |
| 1968 | — | — | 33 | #1,365 |
| 1967 | — | — | 44 | #1,129 |
| 1966 | — | — | 29 | #1,449 |
| 1965 | — | — | 30 | #1,428 |
| 1964 | — | — | 44 | #1,171 |
| 1963 | — | — | 38 | #1,276 |
| 1962 | — | — | 43 | #1,203 |
| 1961 | — | — | 34 | #1,386 |
| 1960 | — | — | 44 | #1,191 |
| 1959 | — | — | 36 | #1,321 |
| 1958 | — | — | 51 | #1,080 |
| 1957 | — | — | 30 | #1,455 |
| 1956 | — | — | 31 | #1,417 |
| 1955 | — | — | 31 | #1,395 |
| 1954 | — | — | 49 | #1,081 |
| 1953 | — | — | 44 | #1,121 |
| 1952 | — | — | 32 | #1,345 |
| 1951 | — | — | 59 | #917 |
| 1950 | — | — | 32 | #1,288 |
| 1949 | — | — | 42 | #1,096 |
| 1948 | — | — | 57 | #922 |
| 1947 | — | — | 55 | #966 |
| 1946 | — | — | 42 | #1,075 |
| 1945 | — | — | 31 | #1,203 |
| 1944 | — | — | 34 | #1,151 |
| 1943 | — | — | 52 | #932 |
| 1942 | — | — | 59 | #857 |
| 1941 | — | — | 50 | #904 |
| 1940 | — | — | 57 | #840 |
| 1939 | — | — | 46 | #930 |
| 1938 | — | — | 53 | #859 |
| 1937 | — | — | 47 | #921 |
| 1936 | — | — | 47 | #905 |
| 1935 | — | — | 48 | #922 |
| 1934 | — | — | 52 | #880 |
| 1933 | — | — | 46 | #936 |
| 1932 | — | — | 43 | #1,024 |
| 1931 | — | — | 42 | #1,049 |
| 1930 | — | — | 38 | #1,150 |
| 1929 | — | — | 41 | #1,092 |
| 1928 | — | — | 51 | #962 |
| 1927 | — | — | 44 | #1,078 |
| 1926 | — | — | 53 | #943 |
| 1925 | — | — | 59 | #881 |
| 1924 | — | — | 57 | #933 |
| 1923 | — | — | 44 | #1,086 |
| 1922 | — | — | 54 | #957 |
| 1921 | — | — | 40 | #1,139 |
| 1920 | — | — | 39 | #1,153 |
| 1919 | — | — | 43 | #1,046 |
| 1918 | — | — | 42 | #1,058 |
| 1917 | — | — | 37 | #1,109 |
| 1916 | — | — | 33 | #1,156 |
| 1915 | — | — | 34 | #1,123 |
| 1914 | — | — | 37 | #906 |
| 1913 | — | — | 34 | #831 |
| 1912 | — | — | 32 | #782 |
| 1911 | — | — | 10 | #1,186 |
| 1910 | — | — | 9 | #1,189 |
| 1909 | — | — | 6 | #1,434 |
| 1908 | — | — | 7 | #1,214 |
| 1898 | — | — | 5 | #1,284 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,118 |
| 1889 | — | — | 7 | #874 |
| 1886 | — | — | 6 | #957 |
| 1884 | — | — | 5 | #1,118 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).