Walton is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1922 and has grown less common since.
Walton is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,449 for boy births in the United States (and #5,267 across all names), given to 56 babies. Walton first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1922 (151 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,449 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,328 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | — | #3,225 |
| 2022 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,767 |
| 2021 | 34 | 34 | — | #3,422 |
| 2020 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,883 |
| 2019 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,895 |
| 2018 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,938 |
| 2017 | 26 | 26 | — | #4,100 |
| 2016 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,770 |
| 2015 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,396 |
| 2014 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,525 |
| 2013 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,745 |
| 2012 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,850 |
| 2011 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,238 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,644 |
| 2009 | 15 | 15 | — | #6,073 |
| 2008 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,479 |
| 2007 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,421 |
| 2006 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,365 |
| 2005 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,563 |
| 2004 | 24 | 24 | — | #3,856 |
| 2003 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,272 |
| 2002 | 17 | 17 | — | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 16 | 16 | — | #4,882 |
| 2000 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,030 |
| 1999 | 19 | 19 | — | #3,979 |
| 1998 | 18 | 18 | — | #4,008 |
| 1997 | 16 | — | — | #4,237 |
| 1996 | 10 | — | — | #5,965 |
| 1995 | 19 | — | — | #3,554 |
| 1994 | 18 | — | — | #3,746 |
| 1993 | 11 | — | — | #5,343 |
| 1992 | 14 | — | — | #4,313 |
| 1991 | 17 | — | — | #3,626 |
| 1990 | 15 | — | — | #3,961 |
| 1989 | 17 | — | — | #3,441 |
| 1988 | 18 | — | — | #3,073 |
| 1987 | 21 | — | — | #2,635 |
| 1986 | 19 | — | — | #2,775 |
| 1985 | 20 | — | — | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 14 | — | — | #3,265 |
| 1983 | 22 | — | — | #2,337 |
| 1982 | 21 | — | — | #2,423 |
| 1981 | 15 | — | — | #3,024 |
| 1980 | 17 | — | — | #2,827 |
| 1979 | 25 | — | — | #2,101 |
| 1978 | 26 | — | — | #1,962 |
| 1977 | 16 | — | — | #2,786 |
| 1976 | 34 | — | — | #1,605 |
| 1975 | 32 | — | — | #1,627 |
| 1974 | 21 | — | — | #2,124 |
| 1973 | 22 | — | — | #1,978 |
| 1972 | 24 | — | — | #1,870 |
| 1971 | 36 | — | — | #1,440 |
| 1970 | 37 | — | — | #1,395 |
| 1969 | 30 | — | — | #1,491 |
| 1968 | 24 | — | — | #1,647 |
| 1967 | 37 | — | — | #1,250 |
| 1966 | 32 | — | — | #1,370 |
| 1965 | 35 | — | — | #1,317 |
| 1964 | 32 | — | — | #1,407 |
| 1963 | 32 | — | — | #1,400 |
| 1962 | 27 | — | — | #1,542 |
| 1961 | 58 | — | — | #1,034 |
| 1960 | 42 | — | — | #1,227 |
| 1959 | 40 | — | — | #1,246 |
| 1958 | 47 | — | — | #1,129 |
| 1957 | 55 | — | — | #1,028 |
| 1956 | 49 | — | — | #1,091 |
| 1955 | 56 | — | — | #1,010 |
| 1954 | 69 | — | — | #891 |
| 1953 | 60 | — | — | #931 |
| 1952 | 52 | — | — | #1,000 |
| 1951 | 73 | — | — | #829 |
| 1950 | 67 | — | — | #835 |
| 1949 | 61 | — | — | #884 |
| 1948 | 57 | — | — | #921 |
| 1947 | 77 | — | — | #786 |
| 1946 | 71 | — | — | #791 |
| 1945 | 59 | — | — | #816 |
| 1944 | 86 | — | — | #673 |
| 1943 | 83 | — | — | #708 |
| 1942 | 73 | — | — | #754 |
| 1941 | 73 | — | — | #728 |
| 1940 | 62 | — | — | #791 |
| 1939 | 66 | — | — | #744 |
| 1938 | 61 | — | — | #798 |
| 1937 | 66 | — | — | #756 |
| 1936 | 71 | — | — | #713 |
| 1935 | 74 | — | — | #709 |
| 1934 | 68 | — | — | #748 |
| 1933 | 93 | — | — | #605 |
| 1932 | 80 | — | — | #690 |
| 1931 | 86 | — | — | #641 |
| 1930 | 78 | — | — | #709 |
| 1929 | 81 | — | — | #688 |
| 1928 | 79 | — | — | #720 |
| 1927 | 85 | — | — | #709 |
| 1926 | 106 | — | — | #611 |
| 1925 | 97 | — | — | #648 |
| 1924 | 111 | — | — | #607 |
| 1923 | 134 | — | — | #528 |
| 1922 | 156 | — | #5,763 | #505 |
| 1921 | 128 | — | — | #559 |
| 1920 | 122 | — | — | #565 |
| 1919 | 124 | — | — | #538 |
| 1918 | 114 | — | — | #571 |
| 1917 | 120 | — | — | #531 |
| 1916 | 110 | — | #5,141 | #561 |
| 1915 | 124 | — | — | #502 |
| 1914 | 87 | — | — | #532 |
| 1913 | 53 | — | — | #610 |
| 1912 | 50 | — | — | #573 |
| 1911 | 24 | — | — | #643 |
| 1910 | 23 | — | — | #620 |
| 1909 | 17 | — | — | #677 |
| 1908 | 17 | — | — | #655 |
| 1907 | 12 | — | — | #811 |
| 1906 | 13 | — | — | #706 |
| 1905 | 14 | — | — | #663 |
| 1904 | 8 | — | — | #961 |
| 1903 | 16 | — | — | #575 |
| 1902 | 13 | — | — | #650 |
| 1901 | 10 | — | — | #726 |
| 1900 | 14 | — | — | #697 |
| 1899 | 12 | — | — | #609 |
| 1898 | 15 | — | — | #571 |
| 1897 | 9 | — | — | #785 |
| 1896 | 8 | — | — | #894 |
| 1895 | 11 | — | — | #680 |
| 1894 | 10 | — | — | #726 |
| 1893 | 14 | — | — | #535 |
| 1892 | 18 | — | — | #478 |
| 1891 | 12 | — | — | #559 |
| 1890 | 10 | — | — | #665 |
| 1889 | 12 | — | — | #578 |
| 1888 | 12 | — | — | #605 |
| 1887 | 5 | — | — | #1,060 |
| 1886 | 12 | — | — | #573 |
| 1883 | 14 | — | — | #495 |
| 1882 | 8 | — | — | #749 |
| 1881 | 10 | — | — | #589 |
| 1880 | 7 | — | — | #805 |