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
#458
1892 · 18 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #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 1967

boys
#1,231
37 births · 1 in 47,130 boys

Top boys' names in 1967

  1. #1Michael82,411
  2. #2David66,806
  3. #3James61,683
  4. #4John61,600
  5. #5Robert56,369
  6. #6William37,615
  7. #7Mark34,910
  8. #8Richard33,585
  9. #9Christopher29,413
  10. #10Brian28,646
  11. #1,231Walton37
More about 1967

boys

1,743,811 boys got a published name in 1967; 1 in 47,130 of them was named Walton, which outranked 73.0% of the 4,551 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Walton
  1. #1,215Rojelio38
  2. #1,215Rollin38
  3. #1,215Tab38
  4. #1,231Walton37
  5. #1,231Butch37
  6. #1,231Cortez37
  7. #1,231Dayton37
  8. #1,253Alva36
  9. #1,253Aundra36
  10. #1,253Brooke36

Tied with 21 names at #1,231; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,048Alfie#1,963 → #915
  2. ↑ 548Waylon#1,540 → #992
  3. ↑ 519Ariel#1,450 → #931
  4. ↑ 430Brendon#1,345 → #915
  5. ↑ 416Terrill#1,259 → #843
Fallers
  1. ↓ 443German#968 → #1,411
  2. ↓ 396Darry#916 → #1,312
  3. ↓ 346Regan#835 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 337Caleb#916 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 317Winfred#785 → #1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1967 →