Wallen — #3701 US boys' name
116 babies named Wallen in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 74% of names given to boys today.
91% of everyone ever named Wallen was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Wallen in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Wallen
The Social Security Administration has registered 116 babies named Wallen between 1942 and 2024, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wallen currently holds the #3701 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Wallen performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Wallen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Wallen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 116 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Wallen at a glance
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Current rank
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Wallen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1942
- Peak year (2024)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 83 years of records
Currently ranks #3701 among boys.
116 total births across 83 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 30 births in a single year.
Wallen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 106 births that decade — 91% of Wallen's all-time total
Wallen decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Wallen's strongest decade
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 91% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1942–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.