Fun Facts About the Name Waldron
- 198 babies named Waldron: U.S. records list 198 babies given the name Waldron from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Waldron Mean?
Waldron is an English name, best known as a habitational surname from the village of Waldron in East Sussex. The place name is generally derived from Old English weald (woodland, forest) and ærn (house, building), so its literal sense is house in the forest or forest house. Some popular accounts instead give Old English dūn (hill) as the second element and explain the name as forest hill. The -r- in the recorded medieval forms favors ærn, though the exact Old English wording behind the name is not fully certain. As a first name, Waldron is a transferred use of the surname rather than an independent Old English given name.
Waldron Name History & Origins
The name comes from Waldron in East Sussex. The village is recorded in Domesday Book (1086) as Waldere, and later medieval records show the modern form Waldron. The surname Waldron is found in Sussex from the Middle Ages and later in other English counties; it was carried to North America and other English-speaking regions by emigrants. As a first name, Waldron is a transferred surname, used occasionally in English-speaking countries.
How Popular is the Name Waldron?
Waldron 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 1915. Its best rank was #2,173 in 1915.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | #4,536 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1950 | #3,014 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1949 | #3,677 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1948 | #4,182 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1946 | #4,001 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1945 | #3,324 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1942 | #3,546 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1941 | #3,983 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1938 | #3,163 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1937 | #3,164 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1936 | #2,620 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1935 | #2,935 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1932 | #4,257 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1931 | #3,744 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1929 | #3,543 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1928 | #4,131 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1926 | #3,130 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1925 | #3,143 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1922 | #3,008 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1921 | #2,623 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1920 | #2,758 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1919 | #3,109 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1918 | #2,533 | 12 | 0.0012% |
| 1917 | #3,953 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1916 | #3,871 | 6 | 0.0007% |
| 1915 | #2,173 | 13 | 0.0015% |
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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