Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Walden

#3,701 most common boys' name of all time · #9,023 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1908–2025

Rank among boys
#3,701
Rank overall
#9,023 of 105,966
First appeared
1908
Years on the list
101 of 146
All-time
1,527
Since 2016
428
Peak year
2023 #2,444
Best rank
#1,498 1915
Girls Boys peak 55/yr
192019401960198020002020

Walden first appears in 1908. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 37 37 #3,187
2024 38 38 #3,171
2023 55 55 #2,444
2022 36 36 #3,285
2021 31 31 #3,596
2020 44 44 #2,762
2019 47 47 #2,698
2018 54 54 #2,422
2017 46 46 #2,680
2016 40 40 #2,942
2015 39 39 #2,970
2014 28 28 #3,709
2013 39 39 #2,906
2012 21 21 #4,548
2011 18 18 #5,007
2010 18 18 #5,062
2009 7 7 #9,923
2008 16 16 #5,498
2007 12 12 #6,659
2006 9 9 #8,036
2005 8 8 #8,364
2004 5 5 #11,447
2003 8 8 #7,905
2002 5 5 #10,780
2001 6 6 #9,332
2000 7 7 #8,271
1999 6 6 #8,785
1996 7 7 #7,220
1995 5 5 #8,977
1989 7 7 #6,317
1988 7 7 #5,835
1987 5 5 #7,081
1986 6 6 #6,026
1984 6 6 #5,666
1981 5 5 #6,404
1980 6 6 #5,641
1979 7 7 #4,917
1978 7 7 #4,650
1977 7 7 #4,676
1973 8 8 #3,771
1972 9 9 #3,416
1971 10 10 #3,222
1970 8 8 #3,608
1969 6 6 #4,045
1968 10 10 #2,791
1967 5 5 #4,094
1966 7 7 #3,332
1965 5 5 #4,045
1964 9 9 #2,930
1963 8 8 #3,137
1962 9 9 #2,916
1961 9 9 #2,973
1960 9 9 #2,945
1959 9 9 #2,896
1957 9 9 #2,901
1956 21 21 #1,748
1955 14 14 #2,181
1954 18 18 #1,866
1953 10 10 #2,603
1952 10 10 #2,598
1951 12 12 #2,303
1950 10 10 #2,513
1949 11 11 #2,405
1948 15 15 #1,999
1947 12 12 #2,304
1946 7 7 #3,015
1945 6 6 #3,117
1944 13 13 #2,050
1943 14 14 #2,045
1942 12 12 #2,214
1941 16 16 #1,799
1940 10 10 #2,412
1939 12 12 #2,112
1938 14 14 #1,954
1937 17 17 #1,737
1936 13 13 #2,023
1935 8 8 #2,828
1934 8 8 #2,852
1933 10 10 #2,458
1932 12 12 #2,262
1931 22 22 #1,524
1930 20 20 #1,680
1929 20 20 #1,711
1928 10 10 #2,731
1927 11 11 #2,598
1926 25 25 #1,502
1925 18 18 #1,915
1924 22 22 #1,717
1923 20 20 #1,796
1922 22 22 #1,682
1921 15 15 #2,218
1920 20 20 #1,801
1919 17 17 #1,950
1918 14 14 #2,220
1917 11 11 #2,497
1916 20 20 #1,637
1915 22 22 #1,498
1914 12 12 #1,935
1913 5 5 #2,985
1912 6 6 #2,415
1908 5 5 #1,584