Fun Facts About the Name Waldon
- 693 babies named Waldon: U.S. records list 693 babies given the name Waldon from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Waldon Mean?
Waldon is an English name and a variant spelling of Walden. It goes back to an Old English place name built from two elements: weald, meaning "forest" or "woodland," and denu, meaning "valley." Read literally, the name means "forest valley" or "wooded valley." A competing explanation takes the first element to be wealh, the Old English word for a Briton or Welshman, which would give the sense "valley of the Britons." The two accounts agree on denu and differ only over the first part of the name, so the meaning is not entirely settled.
Waldon Name History & Origins
Waldon came into use through the English surname Walden, which began as a habitation name - a surname given to someone who lived at or came from a place called Walden. Several English places carry that name, among them Walden in Hertfordshire and Saffron Walden in Essex. Waldon appears alongside Walden as a spelling variant of the same surname, and the two forms have been used for the same family name. As surnames of this kind were adopted as first names in the English-speaking world, both Walden and Waldon also came into use as given names.
How Popular is the Name Waldon?
Waldon has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1922. Its best rank was #1,366 in 1922.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #14,102 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #10,722 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #6,399 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1974 | #5,984 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #5,075 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #4,710 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #3,592 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1963 | #3,314 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #3,628 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1961 | #2,319 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1960 | #4,573 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1959 | #3,603 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1958 | #4,490 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1957 | #3,978 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1955 | #3,870 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1954 | #3,165 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1951 | #2,659 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1950 | #2,316 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1949 | #2,601 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1948 | #2,322 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1947 | #3,087 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1946 | #2,398 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1945 | #2,390 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1944 | #2,190 | 12 | 0.0009% |
| 1943 | #2,069 | 14 | 0.0010% |
| 1942 | #2,265 | 12 | 0.0009% |
| 1941 | #2,328 | 11 | 0.0009% |
| 1940 | #1,800 | 16 | 0.0014% |
| 1939 | #2,284 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1938 | #2,321 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1937 | #3,994 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1936 | #3,136 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1935 | #1,923 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1934 | #1,851 | 16 | 0.0015% |
| 1933 | #2,212 | 12 | 0.0012% |
| 1932 | #1,775 | 18 | 0.0017% |
| 1931 | #2,096 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1930 | #2,173 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1929 | #1,926 | 17 | 0.0016% |
| 1928 | #2,158 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1927 | #1,643 | 23 | 0.0020% |
| 1926 | #1,909 | 18 | 0.0016% |
| 1925 | #1,742 | 21 | 0.0019% |
| 1924 | #1,673 | 23 | 0.0020% |
| 1923 | #1,546 | 25 | 0.0023% |
| 1922 | #1,366 | 30 | 0.0028% |
| 1921 | #1,826 | 20 | 0.0018% |
| 1920 | #2,594 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1919 | #1,383 | 28 | 0.0029% |
| 1918 | #1,822 | 19 | 0.0019% |
| 1917 | #2,279 | 13 | 0.0014% |
| 1916 | #2,151 | 14 | 0.0016% |
| 1915 | #2,611 | 10 | 0.0012% |
| 1914 | #2,095 | 11 | 0.0017% |
| 1913 | #2,264 | 8 | 0.0016% |
| 1912 | #2,529 | 6 | 0.0014% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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