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
- Peak · boys
- 1885 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 362since 1885
Wallie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #9,894 | 7 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
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| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
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| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
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| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
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| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
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| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | #2,905 | 8 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,690 | 5 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
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| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | — | #2,732 | 8 | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,719 | 8 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
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| 1932 | — | #2,638 | 9 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,247 | 7 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,522 | 11 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,703 | 10 | |
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,772 | 10 | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | #2,459 | 12 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,877 | 9 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | — | |
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
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| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | #994 | 5 |
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| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 31 spots in 1891 (#994 → #963)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1885 at #936 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1890–1891
- 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
- 23.2% of all boys named Wallie (84) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1938, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #936 (1885) | #936 |
| 1890s | 10 | #963 (1891) | #979 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 48 | #1,746 (1912) | #2,784 |
| 1920s | 84 | #2,193 (1925) | #2,719 |
| 1930s | 65 | #2,207 (1931) | #2,805 |
| 1940s | 53 | #2,207 (1941) | #2,891 |
| 1950s | 43 | #2,251 (1952) | #3,239 |
| 1960s | 37 | #3,041 (1962) | #3,600 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,250 (1980) | #6,250 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 5 | #11,356 (2004) | #11,356 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 7 | #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
Top boys' names in 1885
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).
Tied with 161 names at #936; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.