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.

Walt

#2,658 most common boys' name of all time · #6,389 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1893–2025

Rank among boys
#2,658
Rank overall
#6,389 of 105,966
First appeared
1893
Years on the list
115 of 146
All-time
2,634
Since 2016
378
Peak year
1959 #841
Best rank
#841 1959
Girls Boys peak 81/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Walt first appears in 1893. 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 — 35 35 #3,319
2024 — 34 34 #3,400
2023 — 45 45 #2,812
2022 — 43 43 #2,923
2021 — 43 43 #2,865
2020 — 42 42 #2,850
2019 — 35 35 #3,261
2018 — 42 42 #2,854
2017 — 29 29 #3,687
2016 — 30 30 #3,607
2015 — 21 21 #4,554
2014 — 29 29 #3,622
2013 — 19 19 #4,812
2012 — 15 15 #5,737
2011 — 18 18 #5,000
2010 — 16 16 #5,498
2009 — 14 14 #6,117
2008 — 10 10 #7,734
2007 — 9 9 #8,213
2006 — 11 11 #6,935
2005 — 8 8 #8,350
2004 — 5 5 #11,420
2003 — 5 5 #10,974
2002 — 10 10 #6,553
2001 — 11 11 #6,046
2000 — 8 8 #7,463
1999 — 10 10 #6,082
1998 — 6 6 #8,533
1997 — 11 11 #5,315
1996 — 7 7 #7,200
1995 — 7 7 #7,046
1994 — 7 7 #7,015
1993 — 9 9 #5,800
1991 — 11 11 #4,799
1990 — 8 8 #5,880
1989 — 6 6 #7,019
1988 — 8 8 #5,257
1987 — 12 12 #3,766
1986 — 8 8 #4,912
1985 — 14 14 #3,240
1984 — 10 10 #3,966
1983 — 15 15 #2,943
1982 — 15 15 #2,987
1981 — 16 16 #2,802
1980 — 14 14 #3,124
1979 — 11 11 #3,606
1978 — 18 18 #2,492
1977 — 13 13 #3,073
1976 — 15 15 #2,736
1975 — 19 19 #2,312
1974 — 14 14 #2,695
1973 — 21 21 #1,998
1972 — 20 20 #2,034
1971 — 23 23 #1,876
1970 — 28 28 #1,630
1969 — 27 27 #1,583
1968 — 25 25 #1,586
1967 — 35 35 #1,279
1966 — 36 36 #1,271
1965 — 28 28 #1,469
1964 — 41 41 #1,207
1963 — 52 52 #1,062
1962 — 61 61 #981
1961 — 53 53 #1,071
1960 — 61 61 #978
1959 — 81 81 #841
1958 — 80 80 #844
1957 — 54 54 #1,034
1956 — 31 31 #1,403
1955 — 28 28 #1,468
1954 — 22 22 #1,651
1953 — 17 17 #1,925
1952 — 18 18 #1,828
1951 — 17 17 #1,869
1950 — 18 18 #1,779
1949 — 22 22 #1,597
1948 — 37 37 #1,186
1947 — 52 52 #994
1946 — 53 53 #923
1945 — 47 47 #950
1944 — 44 44 #986
1943 — 44 44 #1,014
1942 — 51 51 #932
1941 — 39 39 #1,048
1940 — 27 27 #1,299
1939 — 30 30 #1,217
1938 — 25 25 #1,349
1937 — 23 23 #1,429
1936 — 26 26 #1,314
1935 — 26 26 #1,341
1934 — 19 19 #1,637
1933 — 13 13 #2,037
1932 — 19 19 #1,683
1931 — 26 26 #1,381
1930 — 25 25 #1,477
1929 — 9 9 #2,840
1928 — 25 25 #1,499
1927 — 12 12 #2,443
1926 — 20 20 #1,747
1925 — 20 20 #1,776
1924 — 13 13 #2,394
1923 — 10 10 #2,823
1922 — 13 13 #2,396
1921 — 19 19 #1,864
1920 — 13 13 #2,378
1919 — 14 14 #2,197
1918 — 12 12 #2,438
1917 — 10 10 #2,620
1916 — 9 9 #2,781
1915 — 8 8 #2,883
1914 — 7 7 #2,712
1912 — 8 8 #1,955
1908 — 6 6 #1,327
1894 — 5 5 #1,223
1893 — 5 5 #1,179