# Waylon name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/m/waylon
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2024

## Summary
Waylon ranked #65 officially for boys in 2024. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #65.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #65
- Birth count: 4,878
- Rate per 10,000: 28.44

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Waylon
- Rank: #65
- Birth count: 4,878
- Rate per 10,000: 28.44
- Official count multiplier: 1.00x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.04
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.15
- Expected per school of 300: 0.44
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 13.5%

## Trend
- Label: recently peaked
- Peak rate year: 2023
- Best rank year: 2023
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 99.2%

## Spelling components
- Waylon: 4,878 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology