Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Waldemar

#3,727 most common boys' name of all time · #9,088 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1891–2025

Rank among boys
#3,727
Rank overall
#9,088 of 105,966
First appeared
1891
Years on the list
111 of 146
All-time
1,510
Since 2016
20
Peak year
1915 #876
Best rank
#842 1906
Girls Boys peak 50/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Waldemar first appears in 1891. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 5 5 #12,061
2024 — 5 5 #12,398
2022 — 5 5 #12,391
2016 — 5 5 #12,248
2014 — 5 5 #12,175
2013 — 5 5 #12,197
2010 — 6 6 #10,819
2009 — 8 8 #9,018
2008 — 8 8 #9,052
2006 — 5 5 #12,125
2004 — 5 5 #11,415
2003 — 6 6 #9,638
2002 — 9 9 #7,095
2000 — 6 6 #9,180
1998 — 9 9 #6,348
1997 — 5 5 #9,319
1996 — 9 9 #6,013
1994 — 9 9 #5,905
1993 — 6 6 #7,697
1992 — 10 10 #5,270
1991 — 9 9 #5,554
1990 — 13 13 #4,196
1989 — 6 6 #7,010
1988 — 6 6 #6,490
1987 — 12 12 #3,765
1986 — 6 6 #5,992
1985 — 9 9 #4,383
1984 — 15 15 #2,981
1983 — 11 11 #3,667
1982 — 10 10 #3,995
1981 — 6 6 #5,538
1980 — 12 12 #3,460
1979 — 11 11 #3,603
1978 — 7 7 #4,619
1977 — 12 12 #3,232
1976 — 6 6 #5,013
1975 — 12 12 #3,104
1974 — 7 7 #4,242
1973 — 7 7 #4,107
1972 — 11 11 #3,028
1971 — 10 10 #3,196
1970 — 11 11 #2,932
1969 — 11 11 #2,716
1968 — 8 8 #3,148
1967 — 22 22 #1,672
1966 — 11 11 #2,517
1965 — 16 16 #2,015
1964 — 8 8 #3,095
1963 — 10 10 #2,720
1962 — 5 5 #4,137
1961 — 8 8 #3,151
1960 — 9 9 #2,919
1958 — 7 7 #3,341
1957 — 12 12 #2,414
1955 — 9 9 #2,814
1954 — 9 9 #2,797
1953 — 13 13 #2,215
1952 — 14 14 #2,103
1951 — 10 10 #2,547
1950 — 8 8 #2,841
1949 — 8 8 #2,863
1948 — 5 5 #3,767
1947 — 7 7 #3,152
1946 — 7 7 #2,980
1944 — 6 6 #3,187
1943 — 11 11 #2,316
1942 — 11 11 #2,311
1941 — 10 10 #2,391
1940 — 8 8 #2,726
1939 — 8 8 #2,663
1938 — 12 12 #2,128
1937 — 16 16 #1,782
1936 — 16 16 #1,765
1935 — 15 15 #1,875
1934 — 14 14 #1,974
1933 — 24 24 #1,385
1932 — 23 23 #1,489
1931 — 25 25 #1,411
1930 — 22 22 #1,582
1929 — 31 31 #1,287
1928 — 34 34 #1,243
1927 — 29 29 #1,391
1926 — 32 32 #1,286
1925 — 33 33 #1,262
1924 — 45 45 #1,066
1923 — 28 28 #1,407
1922 — 38 38 #1,174
1921 — 41 41 #1,118
1920 — 39 39 #1,149
1919 — 30 30 #1,313
1918 — 47 47 #983
1917 — 48 48 #932
1916 — 46 46 #950
1915 — 50 50 #876
1914 — 36 36 #925
1913 — 27 27 #965
1912 — 9 9 #1,812
1911 — 8 8 #1,348
1910 — 7 7 #1,388
1909 — 5 5 #1,582
1908 — 7 7 #1,188
1907 — 5 5 #1,462
1906 — 10 10 #842
1905 — 7 7 #1,075
1903 — 7 7 #999
1902 — 5 5 #1,268
1901 — 5 5 #1,180
1898 — 6 6 #1,103
1896 — 6 6 #1,082
1893 — 5 5 #1,151
1891 — 6 6 #961