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.
Where Walton is popular in 1942
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#345 · 1 in 4,218
- Georgia#357 · 1 in 4,412
- Alabama#464 · 1 in 6,538
- North Carolina#466 · 1 in 6,940
- Texas#856 · 1 in 14,092
Best ever in a state: #155 in Maryland, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #345 | 7 | 1 in 4,218 |
| Georgia | #357 | 8 | 1 in 4,412 |
| Alabama | #464 | 5 | 1 in 6,538 |
| North Carolina | #466 | 6 | 1 in 6,940 |
| Texas | #856 | 5 | 1 in 14,092 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1942
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 18,920 of them was named Walton, which outranked 81.5% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).