Walden
Walden is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 38 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 380.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202355 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1908
- 1,490people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,490 boys have been named Walden in the United States since 1908, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 55 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1970, and the 2010s alone account for 23%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Walden | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 107 | |
| 1920s | 183 | |
| 1930s | 136 | |
| 1940s | 116 | |
| 1950s | 113 | |
| 1960s | 77 | |
| 1970s | 56 | |
| 1980s | 42 | |
| 1990s | 18 | |
| 2000s | 83 | |
| 2010s | 350 | |
| 2020s | 204 |
In 2023, its biggest year
Walden was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Walden
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hanselpeak 2021
- Lindenpeak 2024
- Morrisonpeak 2015
- Windsorpeak 2024
- Harlenpeak 1936
- Parkspeak 2023
- Arminpeak 2023
- Rolanpeak 2021
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.