Walsh — boys' name

What the Data Says About Walsh

The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Walsh between 1994 and 2022, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Walsh currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Walsh performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Walsh shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Walsh 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 20 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.