Masculine dossier · first seen 1908

Walden

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Walden
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2023

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1908Peak 20232024

Peak year

2023

Decline from peak

30.9%

2024

All-time

1,490

Walden has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2023, when 55 boys were named Walden.

In 2024, only 38 boys were given the name.

Down 30.9% from its peak.

All told, about 1,490 Americans have been named Walden and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1908.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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