Walden
#3,181 for boys in 2025, 37 births
- Peak · boys
- 1908 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,527since 1908
Walden over time
Rank among boys' names. Walden has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,181 | 37 |
| 2024 | #3,161 | 38 |
| 2023 | #2,441 | 55 |
| 2022 | #3,278 | 36 |
| 2021 | #3,582 | 31 |
| 2020 | #2,759 | 44 |
| 2019 | #2,694 | 47 |
| 2018 | #2,417 | 54 |
| 2017 | #2,672 | 46 |
| 2016 | #2,935 | 40 |
| 2015 | #2,966 | 39 |
| 2014 | #3,693 | 28 |
| 2013 | #2,895 | 39 |
| 2012 | #4,533 | 21 |
| 2011 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #5,047 | 18 |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #5,487 | 16 |
| 2007 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #1,722 | 21 |
| 1955 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1954 | #1,826 | 18 |
| 1953 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #2,246 | 12 |
| 1950 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #1,988 | 13 |
| 1943 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #2,145 | 12 |
| 1941 | #1,759 | 16 |
| 1940 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | #1,964 | 13 |
| 1935 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
| 1932 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #1,489 | 22 |
| 1930 | #1,644 | 20 |
| 1929 | #1,672 | 20 |
| 1928 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #1,466 | 25 |
| 1925 | #1,870 | 18 |
| 1924 | #1,675 | 22 |
| 1923 | #1,753 | 20 |
| 1922 | #1,644 | 22 |
| 1921 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #1,747 | 20 |
| 1919 | #1,882 | 17 |
| 1918 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #1,594 | 20 |
| 1915 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #1,868 | 12 |
| 1913 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | — | |
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| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Walden! It came in at #1,373, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1908–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Walden
- 20 spots since 2024 (#3,161 → #3,181)
- 422 spots since 2020 (#2,759 → #3,181)
- 215 spots since 2015 (#2,966 → #3,181)
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1908 at #1,373 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1909, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 30,867 boys born in 1908 were named Walden (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 46,164 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 22.9% of all boys named Walden (350) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,373 (1908) | #1,373 |
| 1910s | 107 | #1,454 (1915) | #2,060 |
| 1920s | 183 | #1,466 (1926) | #1,916 |
| 1930s | 136 | #1,489 (1931) | #2,076 |
| 1940s | 116 | #1,759 (1941) | #2,265 |
| 1950s | 113 | #1,722 (1956) | #2,340 |
| 1960s | 77 | #2,735 (1968) | #3,233 |
| 1970s | 56 | #3,146 (1971) | #3,955 |
| 1980s | 42 | #5,525 (1980) | #6,029 |
| 1990s | 18 | #7,136 (1996) | #8,236 |
| 2000s | 83 | #5,487 (2008) | #8,558 |
| 2010s | 350 | #2,417 (2018) | #3,484 |
| 2020s | 241 | #2,441 (2023) | #3,067 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Walden in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 33,633 of them was named Walden, which outranked 82.9% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,385Tracy55
- #2,385Tremaine55
- #2,385Willis55
- #2,417Walden54
- #2,417Aaiden54
- #2,417Abbott54
- #2,417Brad54
- #2,445Abelardo53
- #2,445Azaan53
- #2,445Blaize53
Tied with 27 names at #2,417; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.