Waylon is a distinctive girls' name in United States, ranking #13084 in 2013 with 8 recorded births. This places Waylon in the bottom 32% of ranked US girls' names for the year. Its actual usage is classified as Rare. The name reached its all-time peak in 2023 with 36 births ranking #4105. In 2013, approximately 1 in every 219,302 girls born was named Waylon. FALLING Recent data shows the name is currently falling.
Waylon is a variant of Wayland. Through that older Germanic line it is associated with the root wila, often explained in relation to craft or skill.
Behind the Name notes that Waylon Jennings helped popularise this spelling, even though he was born Wayland. That celebrity route explains why the shorter form became established as its own name.