Waldo
Last seen for girls in 1921 at #4,464 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 23 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,716since 1880
Waldo over time
Rank among boys' names. Waldo has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #7,587 | 10 | |
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,643 | 10 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #7,095 | 11 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,744 | 8 | |
| 2014 | — | #12,108 | 5 | |
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,864 | 8 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #7,591 | 10 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,802 | 12 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,763 | 12 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,427 | 10 | |
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,813 | 13 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,271 | 14 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,667 | 12 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,588 | 12 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,035 | 13 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,413 | 15 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,877 | 17 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,613 | 13 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,052 | 15 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,537 | 13 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,447 | 13 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,459 | 18 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,224 | 19 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,166 | 19 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,292 | 29 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,305 | 26 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,072 | 16 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,131 | 15 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,710 | 18 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,824 | 16 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,140 | 24 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,221 | 13 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,965 | 15 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,465 | 19 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,929 | 14 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,458 | 18 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,508 | 17 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,199 | 19 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,418 | 15 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,126 | 19 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,680 | 24 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,650 | 23 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,906 | 17 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,723 | 20 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,513 | 26 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,408 | 31 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,175 | 43 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,588 | 25 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,279 | 38 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,434 | 31 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,467 | 29 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,557 | 25 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,436 | 30 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,171 | 42 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,219 | 38 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,268 | 35 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,155 | 41 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,136 | 42 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,171 | 38 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,168 | 38 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,380 | 28 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,107 | 41 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,053 | 47 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,003 | 46 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,039 | 38 | |
| 1944 | — | #991 | 43 | |
| 1943 | — | #875 | 58 | |
| 1942 | — | #821 | 62 | |
| 1941 | — | #888 | 51 | |
| 1940 | — | #830 | 57 | |
| 1939 | — | #738 | 66 | |
| 1938 | — | #770 | 63 | |
| 1937 | — | #771 | 63 | |
| 1936 | — | #608 | 92 | |
| 1935 | — | #731 | 70 | |
| 1934 | — | #697 | 76 | |
| 1933 | — | #629 | 85 | |
| 1932 | — | #600 | 96 | |
| 1931 | — | #605 | 95 | |
| 1930 | — | #561 | 114 | |
| 1929 | — | #547 | 116 | |
| 1928 | — | #588 | 110 | |
| 1927 | — | #553 | 124 | |
| 1926 | — | #525 | 132 | |
| 1925 | — | #562 | 121 | |
| 1924 | — | #485 | 163 | |
| 1923 | — | #515 | 139 | |
| 1922 | — | #506 | 149 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #498 | 153 |
| 1920 | — | #495 | 148 | |
| 1919 | — | #535 | 124 | |
| 1918 | — | #462 | 163 | |
| 1917 | — | #441 | 164 | |
| 1916 | — | #452 | 154 | |
| 1915 | — | #407 | 174 | |
| 1914 | — | #433 | 124 | |
| 1913 | — | #396 | 116 | |
| 1912 | — | #439 | 79 | |
| 1911 | — | #441 | 44 | |
| 1910 | — | #456 | 36 | |
| 1909 | — | #653 | 17 | |
| 1908 | — | #389 | 36 | |
| 1907 | — | #448 | 27 | |
| 1906 | — | #547 | 18 | |
| 1905 | — | #452 | 24 | |
| 1904 | — | #417 | 25 | |
| 1903 | — | #430 | 22 | |
| 1902 | — | #440 | 22 | |
| 1901 | — | #506 | 15 | |
| 1900 | — | #490 | 22 | |
| 1899 | — | #376 | 24 | |
| 1898 | — | #435 | 21 | |
| 1897 | — | #404 | 22 | |
| 1896 | — | #551 | 14 | |
| 1895 | — | #437 | 20 | |
| 1894 | — | #480 | 17 | |
| 1893 | — | #419 | 19 | |
| 1892 | — | #404 | 22 | |
| 1891 | — | #456 | 15 | |
| 1890 | — | #376 | 22 | |
| 1889 | — | #434 | 18 | |
| 1888 | — | #505 | 15 | |
| 1887 | — | #461 | 14 | |
| 1886 | — | #694 | 8 | |
| 1885 | — | #439 | 17 | |
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | #453 | 16 | |
| 1881 | — | #342 | 23 | |
| 1880 | — | #600 | 10 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Waldo was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2011, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Waldo
- 90 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #10,695)
- 1,951 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 325 spots in 1885 (#764 → #439)
- Biggest drop: 346 spots in 1883 (#453 → #799)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #342 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1880–1944
- Highest: 1 in 4,287 boys born in 1908 were named Waldo (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #342 in 1881, was only 1 in 4,380 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.7% of all boys named Waldo (1,355) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 134 | #342 (1881) | #549 |
| 1890s | 196 | #376 (1899) | #434 |
| 1900s | 228 | #389 (1908) | #477 |
| 1910s | 1,178 | #396 (1913) | #446 |
| 1920s | 1,355 | #485 (1924) | #527 |
| 1930s | 820 | #561 (1930) | #671 |
| 1940s | 471 | #821 (1942) | #999 |
| 1950s | 358 | #1,136 (1952) | #1,275 |
| 1960s | 278 | #1,175 (1963) | #1,536 |
| 1970s | 154 | #2,126 (1971) | #2,632 |
| 1980s | 188 | #2,140 (1983) | #2,749 |
| 1990s | 155 | #3,166 (1990) | #4,082 |
| 2000s | 113 | #5,271 (2003) | #6,574 |
| 2010s | 66 | #7,095 (2017) | #9,041 |
| 2020s | 22 | #7,587 (2021) | #9,629 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Waldo in 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 47,112 of them was named Waldo, which outranked 72.2% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,139Scottie39
- #1,139Thornton39
- #1,139Willam39
- #1,168Waldo38
- #1,168Arnoldo38
- #1,168Carmelo38
- #1,168Dempsey38
- #1,181Abram37
- #1,181Ambrose37
- #1,181Angus37
Tied with 12 names at #1,168; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.