Names / Boy names
Wylan
Current rank
#6,430
holding steady
All-time peak
#5,685
in 2020
First recorded
1997
in U.S. data
Children named
320
since 1997
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #5,685 in 2020 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Wylan first appears in American naming records in 1997, where it reads as a boys' name. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Only about 320 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.