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

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Peak · boys
1892 · 18 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,889
since 1880

Walton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Walton has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #458, 1892boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,42156
2024#3,27236
2023#3,17738
2022#3,69130
2021#3,36234
2020#2,84642
2019#3,79428
2018#2,89341
2017#3,99326
2016#3,68129
2015#4,29523
2014#4,39222
2013#3,66128
2012#4,68620
2011#5,94514
2010#8,8038
2009#5,80015
2008#5,24917
2007#5,21017
2006#4,22322
2005#5,27815
2004#3,73524
2003#3,18629
2002#4,50217
2001#4,67616
2000#4,78515
1999#3,83419
1998#3,84918
1997#4,05916
1996#5,53510
1995#3,43219
1994#3,59618
1993#5,00211
1992#4,11414
1991#3,46217
1990#3,77915
1989#3,32517
1988#2,96118
1987#2,55921
1986#2,68419
1985#2,50420
1984#3,10714
1983#2,27222
1982#2,34121
1981#2,89815
1980#2,72917
1979#2,04825
1978#1,91326
1977#2,66516
1976#1,57234
1975#1,59332
1974#2,05021
1973#1,92822
1972#1,81924
1971#1,41536
1970#1,37437
1969#1,46330
1968#1,61424
1967#1,23137
1966#1,34532
1965#1,29435
1964#1,38432
1963#1,37532
1962#1,51527
1961#1,02858
1960#1,21042
1959#1,22840
1958#1,11447
1957#1,02255
1956#1,08349
1955#1,00256
1954#88769
1953#92660
1952#99452
1951#82473
1950#83067
1949#87861
1948#91057
1947#78477
1946#78571
1945#80959
1944#66786
1943#70383
1942#74873
1941#72373
1940#78862
1939#73866
1938#78461
1937#75166
1936#71071
1935#70274
1934#74268
1933#60393
1932#68680
1931#63886
1930#70478
1929#68381
1928#71379
1927#70285
1926#608106
1925#64597
1924#606111
1923#524134
1922#5,0095#502151
1921#553128
1920#559122
1919#535124
1918#568114
1917#527120
1916#4,4175#558105
1915#497124
1914#52887
1913#60453
1912#56850
1911#62424
1910#59823
1909#65317
1908#63217
1907#77812
1906#67413
1905#63614
1904#8748
1903#55016
1902#61513
1901#68310
1900#68014
1899#58312
1898#54315
1897#7259
1896#8268
1895#64011
1894#66810
1893#50914
1892#45818
1891#52412
1890#62910
1889#54912
1888#58012
1887#9215
1886#54012
1885
1884
1883#47914
1882#6918
1881#56310
1880#7457
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1892 at #458 (18 births)
  • Births halved by 1896, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 73 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1886–1954
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,780
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 18.6% of all boys named Walton (1,094) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s80#479 (1883)#634
1890s119#458 (1892)#611
1900s134#550 (1903)#678
1910s824#497 (1915)#561
1920s1,094#502 (1922)#610
1930s743#603 (1933)#706
1940s702#667 (1944)#780
1950s568#824 (1951)#991
1960s349#1,028 (1961)#1,346
1970s273#1,374 (1970)#1,838
1980s184#2,272 (1983)#2,738
1990s157#3,432 (1995)#4,066
2000s187#3,186 (2003)#4,664
2010s239#2,893 (2018)#4,614
2020s236#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 1957

boys
#1,022
55 births · 1 in 39,222 boys

Top boys' names in 1957

  1. #1Michael92,781
  2. #2James84,337
  3. #3David82,403
  4. #4Robert81,765
  5. #5John79,033
  6. #6William56,852
  7. #7Mark52,841
  8. #8Richard52,446
  9. #9Thomas44,625
  10. #10Steven36,842
  11. #1,022Walton55
More about 1957

boys

2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 39,222 of them was named Walton, which outranked 77.5% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Walton
  1. #1,015Kieth56
  2. #1,015Nestor56
  3. #1,015Oren56
  4. #1,022Walton55
  5. #1,022Abelardo55
  6. #1,022Antony55
  7. #1,022Cleve55
  8. #1,029Davy54
  9. #1,029Edsel54
  10. #1,029Eldridge54

Tied with 6 names at #1,022; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 714Dion#1,642#928
  2. 404Wes#1,317#913
  3. 371Antoine#1,232#861
  4. 340Domenick#1,335#995
  5. 329Mitch#868#539
Fallers
  1. 458Lannie#999#1,457
  2. 402Desi#986#1,388
  3. 354Gavin#924#1,278
  4. 317Murphy#917#1,234
  5. 288Eliot#897#1,185

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1957