Walden is a boy's name of English origin meaning “Welshman and valley.” In 2024 it was given to 38 boys in the United States.
Walden belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “Welshman and valley” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Walden first appears in Social Security records in 1908. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1502 in 1915, and in 2024 38 babies received the name — 1,490 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Walden means “Welshman and valley” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Walden is a boy name. In 2024, 38 babies received the name in the US.
Walden comes from the English & American tradition.
Walden first appears in US records in 1908. Its best-ever ranking was #1502 in 1915, and 38 babies were given the name in 2024.
Walden is pronounced /Montgomery|co/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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