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

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #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
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2009
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2005
2004#11,3565
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1981
1980#6,2505
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
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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
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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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1891#9635
1890#1,3385#9945
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1885#9365
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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.

Where Wallie is popular in 1890

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1890

girls
#1,338
5 births · 1 in 38,075 girls
boys
#994
5 births · 1 in 22,205 boys

Top girls' names in 1890

  1. #1Mary12,078
  2. #2Anna5,233
  3. #3Elizabeth3,112
  4. #4Margaret3,100
  5. #5Emma2,980
  6. #6Florence2,744
  7. #7Ethel2,718
  8. #8Minnie2,650
  9. #9Clara2,496
  10. #10Bertha2,388
  11. #1,338Wallie5

Top boys' names in 1890

  1. #1John8,502
  2. #2William7,494
  3. #3James5,097
  4. #4George4,458
  5. #5Charles4,061
  6. #6Frank3,078
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Robert2,541
  9. #9Henry2,349
  10. #10Harry2,345
  11. #994Wallie5
More about 1890

girls

190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 38,075 of them was named Wallie, which outranked 12.8% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wallie
  1. #1,210Vinie6
  2. #1,210Vivien6
  3. #1,210Weltha6
  4. #1,338Wallie5
  5. #1,338Agness5
  6. #1,338Alla5
  7. #1,338Almina5

Tied with 196 names at #1,338; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. 612Electa#1,279#667
  2. 586Lular#1,279#693
  3. 548Alvena#1,147#599
  4. 521Prudie#1,279#758
  5. 505Tempie#1,147#642
Fallers
  1. 581Lella#757#1,338
  2. 581Vira#757#1,338
  3. 553Buena#657#1,210
  4. 536Roxana#802#1,338
  5. 499Fleda#839#1,338

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

boys

111,024 boys got a published name in 1890; 1 in 22,205 of them was named Wallie, which outranked 14.4% of the 1,161 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Wallie
  1. #884Willam6
  2. #884Winston6
  3. #884Wright6
  4. #994Wallie5
  5. #994Add5
  6. #994Adolfo5
  7. #994Alberto5

Tied with 167 names at #994; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. 463Hoyt#974#511
  2. 441Ebb#974#533
  3. 371Eva#974#603
  4. 371Perley#974#603
  5. 371Jimmy#974#603
Fallers
  1. 530Alvie#464#994
  2. 438Thornton#446#884
  3. 420Hezekiah#464#884
  4. 413Essie#581#994
  5. 413Clare#581#994

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

See the top 100 for 1890