Walden
Boy · WAWL-den · English
Walden is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “valley of the Britons”. In 2025 it ranked 3,180th for boys in the US (37 babies).
What does Walden mean?
English: English place name, Old English wealh + denu
“valley of the Britons”
Henry David Thoreau's book Walden (1854) describes his life in a cabin beside Walden Pond in Massachusetts.
- Say it
- WAWL-den
Is Walden a girl's or a boy's name?
Walden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Walden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,180among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 46,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 37 boys in the US were named Walden, making it the 3,180th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,758th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 55 boys. It first appears in the records in 1908.
Half of all the boys named Walden in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Walden in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,180 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,159 |
| 2023 | 55 | #2,440 |
| 2022 | 36 | #3,276 |
| 2021 | 31 | #3,579 |
| 2020 | 44 | #2,758 |
| 2019 | 47 | #2,693 |
| 2018 | 54 | #2,416 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,671 |
| 2016 | 40 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 39 | #2,965 |
| 2014 | 28 | #3,691 |
| 2013 | 39 | #2,893 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 21 | #1,721 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,825 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,336 |
| 1948 | 15 | #1,942 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 13 | #1,987 |
| 1943 | 14 | #1,985 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,144 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,759 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 14 | #1,901 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,688 |
| 1936 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,367 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,191 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,489 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,644 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,466 |
| 1925 | 18 | #1,869 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,675 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,644 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,151 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,747 |
| 1919 | 17 | #1,881 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,164 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,593 |
| 1915 | 22 | #1,453 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,867 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
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