Wally
#1,712 most common boys' name of all time · #4,159 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1910–2025
Rank among boys
#1,712
Rank overall
#4,159 of 105,966
First appeared
1910
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
5,101
Since 2016
142
Peak year
1959 #579
Best rank
#579 1959
Girls
Boys
peak 185/yr
Wally first appears in 1910. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,627 |
| 2024 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,219 |
| 2023 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,958 |
| 2022 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,896 |
| 2021 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,629 |
| 2020 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,721 |
| 2019 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,810 |
| 2018 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,562 |
| 2017 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,555 |
| 2016 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,390 |
| 2015 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,700 |
| 2014 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,174 |
| 2013 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2012 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,078 |
| 2011 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,554 |
| 2010 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,725 |
| 2009 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,750 |
| 2008 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,751 |
| 2007 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,930 |
| 2006 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,700 |
| 2005 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,603 |
| 2004 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,029 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,913 |
| 2002 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,531 |
| 2000 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1999 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,195 |
| 1998 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,507 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,224 |
| 1995 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,085 |
| 1994 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,318 |
| 1993 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1992 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,285 |
| 1991 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,247 |
| 1990 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,205 |
| 1989 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,808 |
| 1988 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,389 |
| 1987 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,349 |
| 1986 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,619 |
| 1985 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,382 |
| 1984 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,733 |
| 1983 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,515 |
| 1982 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,622 |
| 1981 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,959 |
| 1980 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,175 |
| 1979 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,121 |
| 1978 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,810 |
| 1977 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,625 |
| 1976 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,587 |
| 1975 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,367 |
| 1974 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,400 |
| 1973 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,340 |
| 1972 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,446 |
| 1971 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,148 |
| 1970 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,218 |
| 1969 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,132 |
| 1968 | — | 74 | 74 | #849 |
| 1967 | — | 66 | 66 | #889 |
| 1966 | — | 75 | 75 | #844 |
| 1965 | — | 96 | 96 | #756 |
| 1964 | — | 102 | 102 | #758 |
| 1963 | — | 140 | 140 | #660 |
| 1962 | — | 159 | 159 | #613 |
| 1961 | — | 162 | 162 | #624 |
| 1960 | — | 132 | 132 | #685 |
| 1959 | — | 185 | 185 | #579 |
| 1958 | — | 127 | 127 | #677 |
| 1957 | — | 112 | 112 | #709 |
| 1956 | — | 79 | 79 | #847 |
| 1955 | — | 86 | 86 | #790 |
| 1954 | 6 | 66 | 72 | #914 |
| 1953 | — | 72 | 72 | #851 |
| 1952 | 5 | 67 | 72 | #862 |
| 1951 | 6 | 77 | 83 | #805 |
| 1950 | — | 66 | 66 | #841 |
| 1949 | 5 | 78 | 83 | #780 |
| 1948 | 5 | 89 | 94 | #710 |
| 1947 | 7 | 119 | 126 | #632 |
| 1946 | — | 102 | 102 | #636 |
| 1945 | — | 102 | 102 | #601 |
| 1944 | 6 | 85 | 91 | #677 |
| 1943 | 7 | 95 | 102 | #661 |
| 1942 | 12 | 94 | 106 | #666 |
| 1941 | 9 | 78 | 87 | #701 |
| 1940 | 11 | 74 | 85 | #709 |
| 1939 | 5 | 62 | 67 | #775 |
| 1938 | 14 | 66 | 80 | #755 |
| 1937 | 27 | 68 | 95 | #741 |
| 1936 | 10 | 67 | 77 | #741 |
| 1935 | — | 68 | 68 | #746 |
| 1934 | — | 64 | 64 | #777 |
| 1933 | — | 47 | 47 | #924 |
| 1932 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,071 |
| 1931 | — | 56 | 56 | #857 |
| 1930 | — | 49 | 49 | #975 |
| 1929 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,009 |
| 1928 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,094 |
| 1927 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,160 |
| 1926 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,173 |
| 1925 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,358 |
| 1924 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,528 |
| 1923 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,321 |
| 1922 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,635 |
| 1921 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,634 |
| 1920 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,804 |
| 1919 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,796 |
| 1918 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,976 |
| 1917 | 7 | 18 | 25 | #1,801 |
| 1916 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,756 |
| 1915 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #3,190 |
| 1914 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,943 |
| 1913 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,205 |
| 1912 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,854 |
| 1911 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,526 |
| 1910 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,837 |