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Walton

Boy's name · #2449 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Walton — on the books since 1880, #2449 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 5,900 boys have carried the name since.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #3,153 in Canada (2025) · #9,363 in Ecuador (2015).

Famous Waltons

• Walton Goggins — American actor (born 1971)
• Walton H. Walker — United States Army general (1889–1950)
• Walton Ford — American painter (born 1960)
• Walton Newbold — British politician (1888–1943)
• Walton Eller — American sports shooter (born 1982)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 74,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

• Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton — Irish physicist and Nobel laureate (1903–1995)
• Sam Walton — American business magnate (1918–1992)
• Bill Walton — American basketball player and sportscaster (1952–2024)

What Waltons become

Among 40 notable people named Walton:

No single standout — notable Waltons spread across many fields.

Similar names: Crawford · Wayland · Raleigh · Alton · Fulton · Elton

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