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 1966
Top boys' names in 1966
More about 1966
boys
1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 23,779 of them was named Wally, which outranked 81.4% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.