Boys' name · since 1914
Valton
Valton has 299 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1915 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,613 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 299
- born since 1914
- 1930s
- peak decade
Valton is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 299 have been recorded since 1914.
Valton has 299 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2006.
- #10,613 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 299 born since 1914
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Valton ranks #10,613 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 299 born since 1914, peaking in the 1930s.
- #10,613 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 299
- born since 1914
- 1930s
- peak decade
Valton's 299 recorded births place it above 76.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Valton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Valton's full recorded timeline at 1936, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1915 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Valton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2006
- Peak year (1915)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 93 years of records
Valton by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (66 births, 22% of the file).
1930s was Valton's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Valton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
49 births
- 1920s
1920s
64 births
- 1930s
1930s
66 births
- 1940s
1940s
46 births
- 1950s
1950s
43 births
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 66 births (22% of all-time use).
Valton by state
Where Valton concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
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- Valton's decade-level peak was the 1930s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Valtons (69 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Valton: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~92 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Valton draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.