Waymon
Waymon is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 596th, in 1936.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 193695 births
- Best rank
- #596in 1936
- Since 1888
- 4,740people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,740 boys have been named Waymon in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1936, with 95 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 95 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1945, and the 1940s alone account for 17%. It has spent 55 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Waymon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13 | |
| 1890s | 49 | |
| 1900s | 64 | |
| 1910s | 386 | |
| 1920s | 630 | |
| 1930s | 791 | |
| 1940s | 807 | |
| 1950s | 694 | |
| 1960s | 506 | |
| 1970s | 329 | |
| 1980s | 213 | |
| 1990s | 139 | |
| 2000s | 69 | |
| 2010s | 33 | |
| 2020s | 17 |
In 1936, its biggest year
Waymon was the 596th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1936 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1936.
Names that rose and fell with Waymon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sammiepeak 1947
- Rogerspeak 1950
- Gordonpeak 1952
- Melvinpeak 1928
- Boycepeak 1934
- Raymondpeak 1924
- Rolandpeak 1924
- Norrispeak 1924
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.