Wali vs Walton
American parents have registered 5,899 Waltons since 1880, against 1,248 Walis. But in 2025 it was Wali that was commoner, 56 babies to 56.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Wali Walton
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 144 years in which either name was published, Walton for 123 years and Wali for 21 years. The lead changed hands 16 times.
- 1880–1974 Walton ahead
- 1975–1978 Wali ahead
- 1979–2004 Walton ahead, apart from 3 short spells
- 2014–2022 Wali ahead
- 2023–2025 Walton ahead
9 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Wali | Walton | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,248 | 5,899 |
| Most in one year | 65 | 156 |
| Babies in 2025 | 56 | 56 |
| Estimated living today | 1,200 | 2,300 |
| Median age today | 15 | 53 |
| Peak year | 2016 | 1922 |
| Best rank | 2,134th boys | 502nd boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 2,421st | 2,421st |
| First recorded | 1951 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 1,248 | 10 / 5,889 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Waltons alive today are over 53; half the Walis are over 15. That is 38 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Wali New Jersey (9.6×), Virginia (4.5×), New York (3.7×)
- Walton Georgia (4.9×), Kentucky (3.8×), Alabama (3.5×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Wali and Walton.