Walden

Where Walden comes from

From Old English walh (“Welshman”), genitive plural wala + denu (“valley”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Walden
Along the way
  1. 1908
    Debut at its peak, #1,373
    #1,373 among boys with 5 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1909
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.