Walton
Last seen for girls in 1922 at #5,009 · #2,421 for boys in 2025, 56 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1892 · 18 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,889since 1880
Walton over time
Rank among boys' names. Walton has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,421 | 56 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,272 | 36 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,177 | 38 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,691 | 30 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,362 | 34 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,846 | 42 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,794 | 28 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,893 | 41 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,993 | 26 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,681 | 29 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,295 | 23 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,392 | 22 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,661 | 28 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,686 | 20 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,945 | 14 | |
| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,800 | 15 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,249 | 17 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,210 | 17 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,223 | 22 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,278 | 15 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,735 | 24 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,186 | 29 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,502 | 17 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,676 | 16 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,785 | 15 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,834 | 19 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,849 | 18 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,059 | 16 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,535 | 10 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,432 | 19 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,596 | 18 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,114 | 14 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,462 | 17 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,779 | 15 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,325 | 17 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,961 | 18 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,559 | 21 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,684 | 19 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,504 | 20 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,107 | 14 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,272 | 22 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,341 | 21 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,898 | 15 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,729 | 17 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,048 | 25 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,913 | 26 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,665 | 16 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,572 | 34 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,593 | 32 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,050 | 21 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,928 | 22 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,819 | 24 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,415 | 36 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,374 | 37 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,463 | 30 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,614 | 24 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,231 | 37 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,345 | 32 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,294 | 35 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,384 | 32 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,375 | 32 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,515 | 27 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,028 | 58 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,210 | 42 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,228 | 40 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,114 | 47 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,022 | 55 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,083 | 49 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,002 | 56 | |
| 1954 | — | #887 | 69 | |
| 1953 | — | #926 | 60 | |
| 1952 | — | #994 | 52 | |
| 1951 | — | #824 | 73 | |
| 1950 | — | #830 | 67 | |
| 1949 | — | #878 | 61 | |
| 1948 | — | #910 | 57 | |
| 1947 | — | #784 | 77 | |
| 1946 | — | #785 | 71 | |
| 1945 | — | #809 | 59 | |
| 1944 | — | #667 | 86 | |
| 1943 | — | #703 | 83 | |
| 1942 | — | #748 | 73 | |
| 1941 | — | #723 | 73 | |
| 1940 | — | #788 | 62 | |
| 1939 | — | #738 | 66 | |
| 1938 | — | #784 | 61 | |
| 1937 | — | #751 | 66 | |
| 1936 | — | #710 | 71 | |
| 1935 | — | #702 | 74 | |
| 1934 | — | #742 | 68 | |
| 1933 | — | #603 | 93 | |
| 1932 | — | #686 | 80 | |
| 1931 | — | #638 | 86 | |
| 1930 | — | #704 | 78 | |
| 1929 | — | #683 | 81 | |
| 1928 | — | #713 | 79 | |
| 1927 | — | #702 | 85 | |
| 1926 | — | #608 | 106 | |
| 1925 | — | #645 | 97 | |
| 1924 | — | #606 | 111 | |
| 1923 | — | #524 | 134 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #502 | 151 |
| 1921 | — | #553 | 128 | |
| 1920 | — | #559 | 122 | |
| 1919 | — | #535 | 124 | |
| 1918 | — | #568 | 114 | |
| 1917 | — | #527 | 120 | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | #558 | 105 |
| 1915 | — | #497 | 124 | |
| 1914 | — | #528 | 87 | |
| 1913 | — | #604 | 53 | |
| 1912 | — | #568 | 50 | |
| 1911 | — | #624 | 24 | |
| 1910 | — | #598 | 23 | |
| 1909 | — | #653 | 17 | |
| 1908 | — | #632 | 17 | |
| 1907 | — | #778 | 12 | |
| 1906 | — | #674 | 13 | |
| 1905 | — | #636 | 14 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #550 | 16 | |
| 1902 | — | #615 | 13 | |
| 1901 | — | #683 | 10 | |
| 1900 | — | #680 | 14 | |
| 1899 | — | #583 | 12 | |
| 1898 | — | #543 | 15 | |
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #640 | 11 | |
| 1894 | — | #668 | 10 | |
| 1893 | — | #509 | 14 | |
| 1892 | — | #458 | 18 | |
| 1891 | — | #524 | 12 | |
| 1890 | — | #629 | 10 | |
| 1889 | — | #549 | 12 | |
| 1888 | — | #580 | 12 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #479 | 14 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #563 | 10 | |
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Walton was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Walton
- 851 spots since 2024 (#3,272 → #2,421)
- 425 spots since 2020 (#2,846 → #2,421)
- 1,874 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #2,421)
- Biggest jump: 341 spots in 1888 (#921 → #580)
- Biggest drop: 381 spots in 1887 (#540 → #921)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1892 at #458 (18 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1886–1954
- Highest: 1 in 6,780 boys born in 1892 were named Walton (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 30,501 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 18.6% of all boys named Walton (1,094) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 80 | #479 (1883) | #634 |
| 1890s | 119 | #458 (1892) | #611 |
| 1900s | 134 | #550 (1903) | #678 |
| 1910s | 824 | #497 (1915) | #561 |
| 1920s | 1,094 | #502 (1922) | #610 |
| 1930s | 743 | #603 (1933) | #706 |
| 1940s | 702 | #667 (1944) | #780 |
| 1950s | 568 | #824 (1951) | #991 |
| 1960s | 349 | #1,028 (1961) | #1,346 |
| 1970s | 273 | #1,374 (1970) | #1,838 |
| 1980s | 184 | #2,272 (1983) | #2,738 |
| 1990s | 157 | #3,432 (1995) | #4,066 |
| 2000s | 187 | #3,186 (2003) | #4,664 |
| 2010s | 239 | #2,893 (2018) | #4,614 |
| 2020s | 236 | #2,421 (2025) | #3,128 |
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.
Walton in 1922
Top girls' names in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
girls
1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 240,201 of them was named Walton, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 780 names at #5,009; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 7,206 of them was named Walton, which outranked 89.9% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).