How Many People Are Named Walden?
people named Walden are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 346,637 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,527 babies named Walden in Social Security records from 1908 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
55 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Walden in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Walden alive today is about 26 years old, and 69% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 48 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Walden first appears in the records in 1908 and was given most often in 2023, to 55 babies. In 2025, 37 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1908 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Walden has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,501, in 1915. In 2025 it ranked #3,232.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,232 |
| Best rank | #1,501 (1915) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,209 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Walden alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Walden were born in California than in any other state: about 39 of those alive today.
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