Wally
Last seen for girls in 1954 at #5,148 · #5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
Given to boys 97.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1959 · 185 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,954since 1910
Wally over time
Rank among boys' names. Wally has never cracked the top 500 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 | — | #5,608 | 16 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,199 | 14 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,927 | 15 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,874 | 15 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,587 | 10 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,699 | 15 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,777 | 12 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,540 | 16 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,526 | 16 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,676 | 12 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,130 | 9 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,026 | 11 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,050 | 11 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #7,698 | 10 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,901 | 14 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,675 | 19 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,578 | 14 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,162 | 17 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,466 | 11 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,052 | 15 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,290 | 14 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,020 | 15 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,224 | 19 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,167 | 13 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,784 | 22 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,367 | 25 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,333 | 24 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,601 | 20 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,357 | 22 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,706 | 17 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,493 | 19 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,596 | 18 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,942 | 28 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,162 | 24 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,104 | 24 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,794 | 29 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,607 | 34 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,572 | 34 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,361 | 41 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,388 | 38 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,329 | 39 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,441 | 35 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,138 | 52 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,207 | 47 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,124 | 48 | |
| 1968 | — | #844 | 74 | |
| 1967 | — | #885 | 66 | |
| 1966 | — | #844 | 75 | |
| 1965 | — | #753 | 96 | |
| 1964 | — | #758 | 102 | |
| 1963 | — | #658 | 140 | |
| 1962 | — | #611 | 159 | |
| 1961 | — | #623 | 162 | |
| 1960 | — | #683 | 132 | |
| 1959 | — | #575 | 185 | |
| 1958 | — | #675 | 127 | |
| 1957 | — | #709 | 112 | |
| 1956 | — | #840 | 79 | |
| 1955 | — | #786 | 86 | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #908 | 66 |
| 1953 | — | #848 | 72 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #850 | 67 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #803 | 77 |
| 1950 | — | #836 | 66 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #779 | 78 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #708 | 89 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #631 | 119 |
| 1946 | — | #635 | 102 | |
| 1945 | — | #599 | 102 | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #674 | 85 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #655 | 95 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 | #665 | 94 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #694 | 78 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | #702 | 74 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #770 | 62 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | #752 | 66 |
| 1937 | #1,416 | 27 | #737 | 68 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 | #736 | 67 |
| 1935 | — | #741 | 68 | |
| 1934 | — | #771 | 64 | |
| 1933 | — | #905 | 47 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,056 | 40 | |
| 1931 | — | #841 | 56 | |
| 1930 | — | #967 | 49 | |
| 1929 | — | #995 | 46 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,078 | 42 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,145 | 39 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,161 | 38 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,332 | 30 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,492 | 26 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,300 | 31 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,591 | 23 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,588 | 23 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,747 | 20 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,752 | 19 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,905 | 17 | |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #1,755 | 18 |
| 1916 | — | #1,698 | 18 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | — | #1,868 | 12 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Wally! It came in at #1,589, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1997, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Wally
- 591 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #5,608)
- 91 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #5,608)
- 1,068 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #5,608)
- Biggest jump: 151 spots in 1933 (#1,056 → #905)
- Biggest drop: 280 spots in 1969 (#844 → #1,124)
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1959 at #575 (185 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1933–1968
- Highest: 1 in 11,538 boys born in 1959 were named Wally (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 106,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.3% of all boys named Wally (1,054) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 120 | #1,387 (1911) | #1,887 |
| 1920s | 318 | #995 (1929) | #1,343 |
| 1930s | 587 | #736 (1936) | #828 |
| 1940s | 916 | #599 (1945) | #674 |
| 1950s | 937 | #575 (1959) | #783 |
| 1960s | 1,054 | #611 (1962) | #778 |
| 1970s | 373 | #1,138 (1971) | #1,494 |
| 1980s | 219 | #1,942 (1981) | #2,434 |
| 1990s | 121 | #3,224 (1991) | #4,639 |
| 2000s | 102 | #4,675 (2006) | #6,791 |
| 2010s | 122 | #5,526 (2017) | #6,727 |
| 2020s | 85 | #5,608 (2025) | #6,149 |
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.
Wally in 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 78,818 of them was named Wally, which outranked 55.5% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,113Wilene15
- #2,113Zada15
- #2,113Zana15
- #2,225Wally14
- #2,225Adelene14
- #2,225Afton14
- #2,225Aldean14
- #2,340Adel13
- #2,340Alethea13
- #2,340Alla13
Tied with 114 names at #2,225; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 16,805 of them was named Wally, which outranked 81.4% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).