Wallie

Last seen for girls in 1952 at #5,563 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
Given to boys 86.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1885 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
362
since 1885

Wallie over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201885peak #1,338, 1890peak #936, 1885girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024#9,8947
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004#11,3565
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1987
1986
1985
1984
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1981
1980#6,2505
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968#4,1365
1967#3,9665
1966
1965#3,5376
1964#3,6016
1963#3,3187
1962#3,0418
1961
1960
1959#3,9885
1958
1957#3,5526
1956
1955
1954
1953#2,9058
1952#5,5635#2,25112
1951#3,7145
1950#3,0217
1949#3,6905
1948#3,0107
1947#5,2955#3,0967
1946
1945
1944#4,5745#2,6338
1943#2,7328
1942
1941#3,9546#2,20711
1940#2,8717
1939#2,28810
1938#4,3425#3,5345
1937#3,1468#3,1756
1936#2,8547
1935#2,7198
1934
1933
1932#2,6389
1931#2,20712
1930#3,0228
1929#3,2477
1928#2,52211
1927#2,70310
1926
1925#2,19314
1924#3,5057
1923#2,77210
1922#4,4456#2,34713
1921
1920#2,45912
1919#2,8779
1918#4,8095#2,26013
1917#3,7137
1916#3,1777
1915#3,8255
1914
1913#2,8215
1912#1,7469
1911
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1892
1891#9635
1890#1,3385#9945
1889
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1886
1885#9365
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1883
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1881
1880
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five boys were named Wallie! It came in at #936, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Wallie
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 31 spots in 1891 (#994#963)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1885 at #936 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1890–1891
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,238
  • Highest: 1 in 20,238 boys born in 1891 were named Wallie (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 246,127 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #936 in 1885, was only 1 in 21,560 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 23.2% of all boys named Wallie (84) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1939
  • Mostly girls until 1938, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#936 (1885)#936
1890s10#963 (1891)#979
1900s0
1910s48#1,746 (1912)#2,784
1920s84#2,193 (1925)#2,719
1930s65#2,207 (1931)#2,805
1940s53#2,207 (1941)#2,891
1950s43#2,251 (1952)#3,239
1960s37#3,041 (1962)#3,600
1970s0
1980s5#6,250 (1980)#6,250
1990s0
2000s5#11,356 (2004)#11,356
2010s0
2020s7#9,894 (2024)#9,894

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.

Wallie in 1885

boys
#936
5 births · 1 in 21,560 boys

Top boys' names in 1885

  1. #1John8,756
  2. #2William8,044
  3. #3James5,175
  4. #4George4,674
  5. #5Charles4,599
  6. #6Frank3,067
  7. #7Joseph2,540
  8. #8Henry2,406
  9. #9Robert2,322
  10. #10Thomas2,266
  11. #936Wallie5
More about 1885

boys

107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 21,560 of them was named Wallie, which outranked 14.7% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wallie
  1. #836Wheeler6
  2. #836Zenas6
  3. #836Zollie6
  4. #936Wallie5
  5. #936Ada5
  6. #936Albion5
  7. #936Alcide5

Tied with 161 names at #936; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1884
Risers
  1. 426Bryant#848#422
  2. 424Butler#971#547
  3. 424Cyril#971#547
  4. 409Gerhard#848#439
  5. 394Rowland#971#577
Fallers
  1. 520Clarance#416#936
  2. 416Oswald#520#936
  3. 389Doctor#547#936
  4. 366Dexter#570#936
  5. 366Gustaf#570#936

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1885