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.

Waldon

#6,006 most common boys' name of all time · #14,945 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–2024

Rank among boys
#6,006
Rank overall
#14,945 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
693
Since 2016
12
Peak year
1922 #1,363
Best rank
#1,363 1922
Girls Boys peak 30/yr
192019401960198020002020

Waldon first appears in 1912. 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
2024 — 5 5 #12,448
2021 — 7 7 #9,788
1988 — 7 7 #5,859
1974 — 5 5 #5,367
1973 — 6 6 #4,637
1970 — 6 6 #4,360
1964 — 7 7 #3,402
1963 — 8 8 #3,163
1962 — 7 7 #3,429
1961 — 14 14 #2,281
1960 — 5 5 #4,217
1959 — 7 7 #3,416
1958 — 5 5 #4,107
1957 — 6 6 #3,732
1955 — 6 6 #3,650
1954 — 8 8 #3,061
1952 — 10 10 #2,611
1951 — 10 10 #2,587
1950 — 12 12 #2,280
1949 — 10 10 #2,533
1948 — 12 12 #2,288
1947 — 8 8 #2,985
1946 — 11 11 #2,358
1945 — 10 10 #2,332
1944 — 12 12 #2,154
1943 — 14 14 #2,053
1942 — 12 12 #2,225
1941 — 11 11 #2,290
1940 — 16 16 #1,785
1939 — 11 11 #2,240
1938 — 11 11 #2,285
1937 — 5 5 #3,710
1936 — 7 7 #3,003
1935 — 15 15 #1,912
1934 — 16 16 #1,844
1933 — 12 12 #2,180
1932 — 18 18 #1,767
1931 — 14 14 #2,073
1930 — 14 14 #2,154
1929 — 17 17 #1,915
1928 — 15 15 #2,143
1927 — 23 23 #1,639
1926 — 18 18 #1,903
1925 — 21 21 #1,739
1924 — 23 23 #1,673
1923 — 25 25 #1,546
1922 — 30 30 #1,363
1921 — 20 20 #1,816
1920 — 12 12 #2,549
1919 — 28 28 #1,383
1918 — 19 19 #1,818
1917 — 13 13 #2,260
1916 — 14 14 #2,135
1915 — 10 10 #2,563
1914 — 11 11 #2,082
1913 — 8 8 #2,243
1912 — 6 6 #2,539