Walton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WAWL-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,421 for boys
Walton is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,421st for boys in the US (56 babies).
What does Walton mean?
English: surname from several English place names
Izaak Walton wrote The Compleat Angler (1653), a classic book on fishing.
Is Walton a girl's or a boy's name?
Walton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 56 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Walton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,421among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 56about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 56 boys in the US were named Walton, making it the 2,421st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,845th. Its busiest year was 1922, with 151 boys.
2025 had more boys named Walton than any year since 1961.
Half of all the boys named Walton in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.
Walton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,421 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,175 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,689 |
| 2021 | 34 | #3,360 |
| 2020 | 42 | #2,845 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 41 | #2,892 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 25 | #2,048 |
| 1978 | 26 | #1,913 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 34 | #1,571 |
| 1975 | 32 | #1,592 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,050 |
| 1973 | 22 | #1,927 |
| 1972 | 24 | #1,819 |
| 1971 | 36 | #1,415 |
| 1970 | 37 | #1,373 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,463 |
| 1968 | 24 | #1,613 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,230 |
| 1966 | 32 | #1,344 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,294 |
| 1964 | 32 | #1,383 |
| 1963 | 32 | #1,374 |
| 1962 | 27 | #1,514 |
| 1961 | 58 | #1,027 |
| 1960 | 42 | #1,209 |
| 1959 | 40 | #1,227 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,113 |
| 1957 | 55 | #1,021 |
| 1956 | 49 | #1,082 |
| 1955 | 56 | #1,001 |
| 1954 | 69 | #886 |
| 1953 | 60 | #925 |
| 1952 | 52 | #993 |
| 1951 | 73 | #823 |
| 1950 | 67 | #829 |
| 1949 | 61 | #877 |
| 1948 | 57 | #909 |
| 1947 | 77 | #783 |
| 1946 | 71 | #785 |
| 1945 | 59 | #809 |
| 1944 | 86 | #667 |
| 1943 | 83 | #703 |
| 1942 | 73 | #748 |
| 1941 | 73 | #723 |
| 1940 | 62 | #788 |
| 1939 | 66 | #738 |
| 1938 | 61 | #784 |
| 1937 | 66 | #751 |
| 1936 | 71 | #710 |
| 1935 | 74 | #702 |
| 1934 | 68 | #742 |
| 1933 | 93 | #603 |
| 1932 | 80 | #686 |
| 1931 | 86 | #638 |
| 1930 | 78 | #704 |
| 1929 | 81 | #683 |
| 1928 | 79 | #713 |
| 1927 | 85 | #702 |
| 1926 | 106 | #608 |
| 1925 | 97 | #645 |
| 1924 | 111 | #606 |
| 1923 | 134 | #524 |
| 1922 | 151 | #502 |
| 1921 | 128 | #553 |
| 1920 | 122 | #559 |
| 1919 | 124 | #535 |
| 1918 | 114 | #568 |
| 1917 | 120 | #527 |
| 1916 | 105 | #558 |
| 1915 | 124 | #497 |
| 1914 | 87 | #528 |
| 1913 | 53 | #604 |
| 1912 | 50 | #568 |
| 1911 | 24 | #624 |
| 1910 | 23 | #598 |
| 1909 | 17 | #653 |
| 1908 | 17 | #632 |
| 1907 | 12 | #778 |
| 1906 | 13 | #674 |
| 1905 | 14 | #636 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 16 | #550 |
| 1902 | 13 | #614 |
| 1901 | 10 | #683 |
| 1900 | 14 | #679 |
| 1899 | 12 | #583 |
| 1898 | 15 | #543 |
| 1897 | 9 | #725 |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 11 | #640 |
| 1894 | 10 | #667 |
| 1893 | 14 | #509 |
| 1892 | 18 | #458 |
| 1891 | 12 | #524 |
| 1890 | 10 | #629 |
| 1889 | 12 | #549 |
| 1888 | 12 | #580 |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 12 | #540 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 14 | #479 |
| 1882 | 8 | #691 |
| 1881 | 10 | #563 |
| 1880 | 7 | #745 |
Names like Walton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wilson Warren Watson Nelson William Leon Franklin Woodson Harlan Judson Arthur Alton
Names related to Walton
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Walton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/walton, updated 20 October 2026.