Walton

Where Walton comes from

Walton hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #745 among boys — 7 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1889
    Walton H. Walker born
    United States Army general
  3. 1892
    Peak, #458
    18 babies named Walton — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1896
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #826.
  5. 1971
    Walton Goggins born
    American actor
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Walton Goggins · American actor, born 1971
  • Walton H. Walker · United States Army general, 1889–1950
  • Walton Eller · American sports shooter, born 1982
  • Walton Ford · American artist, born 1960
  • Walton Newbold · British politician, 1888–1943

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.