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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |