Total births
20
Boys' name · since 1994
Walsh
20 babies named Walsh in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 20
- total births
- 1994–2022
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 75%
- born in that decade
Walsh is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 20 have been recorded since 1994.
Walsh has 20 recorded births among boys since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2022.
- 20 total births
- 1994–2022 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 75% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
20 boys have been named Walsh since 1994, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2022.
- 20
- total births
- 1994–2022
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 75%
- born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade
75% of everyone ever named Walsh was born in this single decade.
2020
Single peak year
8 babies were named Walsh in 2020 - its busiest year on record.
Walsh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Walsh's full recorded timeline at 2020, 75% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 25% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Walsh at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
2020
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1994
Walsh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2022
- Peak year (2020)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Walsh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Walsh's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Walsh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 15 births (75% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Walsh? ▼
Walsh has been given to 20 babies in the U.S. since 1994, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2022. 8 babies were born in 2020, its single highest year.
When was Walsh most popular? ▼
Walsh was most popular in the 2020s decade with 15 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
How long has the name Walsh been used? ▼
Records for Walsh go back to 1994, giving 29 years of history through 2022.
What names are similar to Walsh? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Walter, Wallace, Walker, Walton, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
Keep exploring Walsh
Nearby Names Like Walsh
Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Walsh
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Walker Boy
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Walton Boy
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Compare Walsh side by side: Walsh vs Walter Walsh vs Wallace Walsh vs Walker
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1994–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Walsh: Baby Name Since 1994 - 20 Births, Peak 2020." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/walsh. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Walsh 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 June 2026.