Walt
#3,314 for boys in 2025, 35 births
- Peak · boys
- 1959 · 81 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,634since 1893
Walt over time
Rank among boys' names. Walt has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,314 | 35 |
| 2024 | #3,394 | 34 |
| 2023 | #2,805 | 45 |
| 2022 | #2,919 | 43 |
| 2021 | #2,862 | 43 |
| 2020 | #2,846 | 42 |
| 2019 | #3,259 | 35 |
| 2018 | #2,848 | 42 |
| 2017 | #3,678 | 29 |
| 2016 | #3,596 | 30 |
| 2015 | #4,545 | 21 |
| 2014 | #3,617 | 29 |
| 2013 | #4,804 | 19 |
| 2012 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #5,478 | 16 |
| 2009 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #2,972 | 15 |
| 1981 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #2,709 | 15 |
| 1975 | #2,288 | 19 |
| 1974 | #2,674 | 14 |
| 1973 | #1,982 | 21 |
| 1972 | #2,020 | 20 |
| 1971 | #1,862 | 23 |
| 1970 | #1,615 | 28 |
| 1969 | #1,570 | 27 |
| 1968 | #1,574 | 25 |
| 1967 | #1,274 | 35 |
| 1966 | #1,259 | 36 |
| 1965 | #1,456 | 28 |
| 1964 | #1,199 | 41 |
| 1963 | #1,052 | 52 |
| 1962 | #973 | 61 |
| 1961 | #1,068 | 53 |
| 1960 | #973 | 61 |
| 1959 | #838 | 81 |
| 1958 | #844 | 80 |
| 1957 | #1,029 | 54 |
| 1956 | #1,385 | 31 |
| 1955 | #1,458 | 28 |
| 1954 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1953 | #1,900 | 17 |
| 1952 | #1,804 | 18 |
| 1951 | #1,838 | 17 |
| 1950 | #1,746 | 18 |
| 1949 | #1,583 | 22 |
| 1948 | #1,173 | 37 |
| 1947 | #984 | 52 |
| 1946 | #911 | 53 |
| 1945 | #943 | 47 |
| 1944 | #974 | 44 |
| 1943 | #1,006 | 44 |
| 1942 | #928 | 51 |
| 1941 | #1,040 | 39 |
| 1940 | #1,288 | 27 |
| 1939 | #1,194 | 30 |
| 1938 | #1,337 | 25 |
| 1937 | #1,403 | 23 |
| 1936 | #1,296 | 26 |
| 1935 | #1,326 | 26 |
| 1934 | #1,608 | 19 |
| 1933 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1932 | #1,651 | 19 |
| 1931 | #1,361 | 26 |
| 1930 | #1,463 | 25 |
| 1929 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #1,480 | 25 |
| 1927 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1925 | #1,745 | 20 |
| 1924 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #2,772 | 10 |
| 1922 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #1,829 | 19 |
| 1920 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1916 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #2,651 | 7 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | — | |
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| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | — | |
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| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Walt! It came in at #1,035, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1907, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Walt is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#884 · 1 in 26,999
Best ever in a state: #214 in Washington, 1935.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #884 | 7 | 1 in 26,999 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Walt
- 80 spots since 2024 (#3,394 → #3,314)
- 468 spots since 2020 (#2,846 → #3,314)
- 1,231 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #3,314)
- Biggest jump: 185 spots in 1958 (#1,029 → #844)
- Biggest drop: 189 spots in 1948 (#984 → #1,173)
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1959 at #838 (81 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1944–1947
- Highest: 1 in 22,464 boys born in 1893 were named Walt (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 48,802 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #838 in 1959, was only 1 in 26,352 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 15.9% of all boys named Walt (419) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 10 | #1,035 (1893) | #1,055 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,217 (1908) | #1,217 |
| 1910s | 68 | #1,885 (1912) | #2,458 |
| 1920s | 154 | #1,480 (1928) | #2,175 |
| 1930s | 232 | #1,194 (1939) | #1,464 |
| 1940s | 416 | #911 (1946) | #1,083 |
| 1950s | 366 | #838 (1959) | #1,447 |
| 1960s | 419 | #973 (1960) | #1,240 |
| 1970s | 182 | #1,615 (1970) | #2,423 |
| 1980s | 118 | #2,779 (1981) | #3,963 |
| 1990s | 76 | #4,760 (1991) | #6,362 |
| 2000s | 91 | #6,013 (2001) | #7,937 |
| 2010s | 254 | #2,848 (2018) | #4,253 |
| 2020s | 242 | #2,805 (2023) | #3,023 |
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.
Walt in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 40,079 of them was named Walt, which outranked 77.1% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,059Rosendo54
- #1,059Rowland54
- #1,059Winford54
- #1,068Walt53
- #1,068Aldo53
- #1,068Aurelio53
- #1,068Collin53
- #1,078Ari52
- #1,078Burl52
- #1,078Carleton52
Tied with 9 names at #1,068; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.