Walden Popularity by Year
Follow Walden across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Walden birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 37 | #3,181 | Down 20 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 38 | #3,161 | Down 720 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 55 | #2,441 | Up 837 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 36 | #3,278 | Up 304 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 31 | #3,582 | Down 823 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 44 | #2,759 | Down 65 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 47 | #2,694 | Down 277 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 54 | #2,417 | Up 255 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 46 | #2,672 | Up 263 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 40 | #2,935 | Up 31 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 39 | #2,966 | Up 727 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 28 | #3,693 | Down 798 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 39 | #2,895 | Up 1,638 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 21 | #4,533 | Up 450 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 18 | #4,983 | Up 64 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 18 | #5,047 | Up 4,817 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 7 | #9,864 | Down 4,377 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 16 | #5,487 | Up 1,135 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 12 | #6,622 | Up 1,376 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 9 | #7,998 | Up 301 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 8 | #8,299 | Up 3,057 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 5 | #11,356 | Down 3,525 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 8 | #7,831 | Up 2,836 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 5 | #10,667 | Down 1,424 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 6 | #9,243 | Down 1,034 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 7 | #8,209 | Up 495 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 6 | #8,704 | Down 1,568 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 7 | #7,136 | Up 1,732 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 5 | #8,868 | Down 2,639 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 7 | #6,229 | Down 478 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 7 | #5,751 | Up 1,200 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 5 | #6,951 | Down 1,025 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 6 | #5,926 | Down 365 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 6 | #5,561 | Up 701 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 5 | #6,262 | Down 737 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 6 | #5,525 | Down 683 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 7 | #4,842 | Down 288 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 7 | #4,554 | Up 28 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 7 | #4,582 | Down 888 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 8 | #3,694 | Down 350 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 9 | #3,344 | Down 198 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 10 | #3,146 | Up 375 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 8 | #3,521 | Up 414 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 6 | #3,935 | Down 1,200 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 10 | #2,735 | Up 1,231 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 5 | #3,966 | Down 717 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 7 | #3,249 | Up 681 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 5 | #3,930 | Down 1,076 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 9 | #2,854 | Up 190 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 8 | #3,044 | Down 196 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 9 | #2,848 | Up 52 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 9 | #2,900 | Down 29 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 9 | #2,871 | Down 50 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 9 | #2,821 | Up 1 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 9 | #2,822 | Down 1,100 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 21 | #1,722 | Up 417 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 14 | #2,139 | Down 313 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 18 | #1,826 | Up 705 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 10 | #2,531 | Down 17 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 10 | #2,514 | Down 268 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 12 | #2,246 | Up 192 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 10 | #2,438 | Down 101 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 11 | #2,337 | Down 394 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 15 | #1,943 | Up 308 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 12 | #2,251 | Up 668 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 7 | #2,919 | Up 77 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 6 | #2,996 | Down 1,008 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 13 | #1,988 | Down 2 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 14 | #1,986 | Up 159 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 12 | #2,145 | Down 386 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 16 | #1,759 | Up 563 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 10 | #2,322 | Down 272 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 12 | #2,050 | Down 149 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 14 | #1,901 | Down 213 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 17 | #1,688 | Up 276 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 13 | #1,964 | Up 755 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 8 | #2,719 | Up 23 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 8 | #2,742 | Down 374 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 10 | #2,368 | Down 177 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 12 | #2,191 | Down 702 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 22 | #1,489 | Up 155 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 20 | #1,644 | Up 28 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 20 | #1,672 | Up 987 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 10 | #2,659 | Down 136 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 11 | #2,523 | Down 1,057 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 25 | #1,466 | Up 404 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 18 | #1,870 | Down 195 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 22 | #1,675 | Up 78 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 20 | #1,753 | Down 109 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 22 | #1,644 | Up 508 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 15 | #2,152 | Down 405 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 20 | #1,747 | Up 135 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 17 | #1,882 | Up 283 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 14 | #2,165 | Up 258 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 11 | #2,423 | Down 829 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 20 | #1,594 | Down 140 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 22 | #1,454 | Up 414 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 12 | #1,868 | Up 953 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 5 | #2,821 | Down 552 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 6 | #2,269 | Down 896 places |
| 1908 | Boys | 5 | #1,373 | — |