Walton
Walton was given to 56 boys in 2025, #2,449 among boys’ names; 5,899 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,270 Americans named Walton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (38% of everyone recorded); the median is 53 years old and half are between 22 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Walton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Walton?
#2,449 among boys’ names, 2025
Walton rose from #4,394 in 2015 to #2,449 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 12.0 to 32.8 per million.
156 babies in 1922, the peak
Walton peaked in 1922, when 156 babies were given it (151 boys, #505 among boys’ names). The 56 births of 2025 are 36% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,449 | 0.03 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,326 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,223 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,765 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 34 | #3,419 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 42 | #2,882 | 0.02 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,892 | 0.02 |
| 2018 | 41 | #2,937 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 26 | #4,096 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,769 | 0.02 |
Every recorded year (144)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 23 | #4,394 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,521 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,743 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,845 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 14 | #6,232 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 8 | #9,637 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 15 | #6,069 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,474 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,418 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,361 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,557 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,851 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,267 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,691 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,876 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 15 | #5,023 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,974 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 18 | #4,004 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,232 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,958 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,548 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,740 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 11 | #5,337 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,306 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,619 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,955 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,435 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 18 | #3,068 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,631 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,772 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,594 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,263 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,336 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,422 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 15 | #3,022 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,826 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 25 | #2,101 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 26 | #1,962 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,785 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 34 | #1,604 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 32 | #1,626 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,124 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 22 | #1,977 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 24 | #1,870 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 36 | #1,440 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 37 | #1,394 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,491 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 24 | #1,646 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,249 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 32 | #1,369 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,316 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 32 | #1,406 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 32 | #1,399 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 27 | #1,541 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 58 | #1,033 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 42 | #1,226 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,245 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,128 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 55 | #1,027 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 49 | #1,090 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 56 | #1,009 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 69 | #890 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 60 | #930 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 52 | #999 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 73 | #828 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 67 | #834 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 61 | #883 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 57 | #920 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 77 | #785 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 71 | #791 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 59 | #816 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 86 | #673 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 83 | #708 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 73 | #754 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 73 | #728 | 0.06 |
| 1940 | 62 | #791 | 0.05 |
| 1939 | 66 | #744 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 61 | #798 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 66 | #756 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 71 | #713 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 74 | #709 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 68 | #748 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 93 | #605 | 0.09 |
| 1932 | 80 | #690 | 0.08 |
| 1931 | 86 | #641 | 0.08 |
| 1930 | 78 | #709 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 81 | #688 | 0.08 |
| 1928 | 79 | #720 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 85 | #709 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 106 | #611 | 0.10 |
| 1925 | 97 | #648 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 111 | #607 | 0.10 |
| 1923 | 134 | #528 | 0.12 |
| 1922 | 151 | #505 | 0.14 |
| 1921 | 128 | #559 | 0.12 |
| 1920 | 122 | #565 | 0.11 |
| 1919 | 124 | #538 | 0.13 |
| 1918 | 114 | #571 | 0.11 |
| 1917 | 120 | #531 | 0.13 |
| 1916 | 105 | #561 | 0.12 |
| 1915 | 124 | #502 | 0.15 |
| 1914 | 87 | #532 | 0.13 |
| 1913 | 53 | #610 | 0.10 |
| 1912 | 50 | #573 | 0.12 |
| 1911 | 24 | #643 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 23 | #620 | 0.12 |
| 1909 | 17 | #677 | 0.10 |
| 1908 | 17 | #655 | 0.11 |
| 1907 | 12 | #810 | 0.08 |
| 1906 | 13 | #706 | 0.10 |
| 1905 | 14 | #663 | 0.11 |
| 1904 | 8 | #961 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 16 | #575 | 0.13 |
| 1902 | 13 | #649 | 0.11 |
| 1901 | 10 | #726 | 0.09 |
| 1900 | 14 | #696 | 0.09 |
| 1899 | 12 | #609 | 0.11 |
| 1898 | 15 | #570 | 0.12 |
| 1897 | 9 | #784 | 0.08 |
| 1896 | 8 | #893 | 0.07 |
| 1895 | 11 | #680 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 10 | #725 | 0.09 |
| 1893 | 14 | #535 | 0.12 |
| 1892 | 18 | #478 | 0.15 |
| 1891 | 12 | #559 | 0.12 |
| 1890 | 10 | #665 | 0.09 |
| 1889 | 12 | #578 | 0.11 |
| 1888 | 12 | #605 | 0.10 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,059 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 12 | #573 | 0.11 |
| 1883 | 14 | #495 | 0.13 |
| 1882 | 8 | #749 | 0.07 |
| 1881 | 10 | #589 | 0.10 |
| 1880 | 7 | #805 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Walton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Walton has been given almost only to boys: 10 girls in 144 years of records.
Girls and boys named Walton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Walton, and how old are they?
2,270 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 38% of the 5,899 Americans ever recorded as Walton. The median Walton alive today is 53 years old; half are between 22 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 2,569 people named Walton (55 women and girls, 2,514 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,388 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 251 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 655 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 393 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 257 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 277 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 430 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Walton born?
The states with the most babies named Walton are Texas, Georgia and North Carolina, with 42% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 385 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 265 | #1,541 | 1.6× |
| North Carolina | 154 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 140 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Kentucky | 128 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Alabama | 123 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Louisiana | 93 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Florida | 73 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Mississippi | 72 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Tennessee | 66 | #1,177 | 0.5× |
Where Walton is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Walton is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Walton with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Walton
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Walton and names like it
- Compare Walton and LambertBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sWalton peaked in 1922.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Walton since 1910.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Walton.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Walton alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with WMost given first.