How Many People Are Named Walton?
people named Walton are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 147,830 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,899 babies named Walton in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
156 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was originally taken from various Old English place names meaning "stream town", "wood town", or "wall town".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Walton in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Walton alive today is about 47 years old, and 42% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 21 and 71 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Walton first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1922, to 156 babies. In 2025, 56 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Walton has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #478, in 1892. In 2025 it ranked #2,449.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,449 |
| Best rank | #478 (1892) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #600 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Walton alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Walton were born in Texas than in any other state: about 93 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Walton was given 4.8 times as often in Georgia, 3.6 times in Texas and 2.9 times in Kentucky.
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