Walter
#50 most common boys' name of all time · #92 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#50
Rank overall
#92 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
634,804
Since 2016
12,858
Peak year
1918 #11
Best rank
#10 1914
Girls
Boys
peak 13,418/yr
Walter is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 1,381 | 1,381 | #251 |
| 2024 | — | 1,269 | 1,269 | #271 |
| 2023 | — | 1,276 | 1,276 | #267 |
| 2022 | — | 1,278 | 1,278 | #268 |
| 2021 | — | 1,281 | 1,281 | #271 |
| 2020 | — | 1,240 | 1,240 | #272 |
| 2019 | — | 1,282 | 1,282 | #278 |
| 2018 | — | 1,313 | 1,313 | #271 |
| 2017 | — | 1,366 | 1,366 | #265 |
| 2016 | — | 1,172 | 1,172 | #302 |
| 2015 | — | 1,158 | 1,158 | #309 |
| 2014 | — | 987 | 987 | #337 |
| 2013 | — | 939 | 939 | #342 |
| 2012 | — | 805 | 805 | #375 |
| 2011 | — | 801 | 801 | #374 |
| 2010 | — | 784 | 784 | #372 |
| 2009 | — | 789 | 789 | #383 |
| 2008 | — | 764 | 764 | #393 |
| 2007 | — | 810 | 810 | #379 |
| 2006 | — | 850 | 850 | #356 |
| 2005 | — | 770 | 770 | #374 |
| 2004 | — | 767 | 767 | #364 |
| 2003 | — | 775 | 775 | #354 |
| 2002 | — | 833 | 833 | #330 |
| 2001 | — | 826 | 826 | #335 |
| 2000 | — | 949 | 949 | #308 |
| 1999 | — | 918 | 918 | #310 |
| 1998 | — | 896 | 896 | #311 |
| 1997 | — | 1,027 | 1,027 | #273 |
| 1996 | — | 1,035 | 1,035 | #272 |
| 1995 | 6 | 1,062 | 1,068 | #265 |
| 1994 | 7 | 1,152 | 1,159 | #250 |
| 1993 | 8 | 1,356 | 1,364 | #220 |
| 1992 | 10 | 1,421 | 1,431 | #218 |
| 1991 | — | 1,539 | 1,539 | #199 |
| 1990 | 7 | 1,614 | 1,621 | #191 |
| 1989 | 6 | 1,612 | 1,618 | #184 |
| 1988 | 23 | 1,610 | 1,633 | #175 |
| 1987 | 20 | 1,574 | 1,594 | #174 |
| 1986 | 10 | 1,715 | 1,725 | #156 |
| 1985 | 20 | 1,690 | 1,710 | #163 |
| 1984 | 9 | 1,689 | 1,698 | #161 |
| 1983 | 10 | 1,767 | 1,777 | #154 |
| 1982 | 19 | 1,912 | 1,931 | #147 |
| 1981 | 17 | 1,990 | 2,007 | #138 |
| 1980 | 16 | 2,009 | 2,025 | #137 |
| 1979 | 22 | 2,123 | 2,145 | #128 |
| 1978 | 22 | 1,991 | 2,013 | #131 |
| 1977 | 13 | 2,185 | 2,198 | #123 |
| 1976 | 20 | 2,101 | 2,121 | #127 |
| 1975 | 24 | 2,355 | 2,379 | #112 |
| 1974 | 11 | 2,487 | 2,498 | #104 |
| 1973 | 16 | 2,626 | 2,642 | #101 |
| 1972 | 30 | 2,918 | 2,948 | #98 |
| 1971 | 27 | 3,356 | 3,383 | #91 |
| 1970 | 31 | 3,584 | 3,615 | #89 |
| 1969 | 27 | 3,569 | 3,596 | #84 |
| 1968 | 29 | 3,589 | 3,618 | #83 |
| 1967 | 23 | 3,808 | 3,831 | #81 |
| 1966 | 24 | 4,057 | 4,081 | #83 |
| 1965 | 18 | 4,483 | 4,501 | #82 |
| 1964 | 15 | 4,843 | 4,858 | #80 |
| 1963 | 29 | 5,068 | 5,097 | #77 |
| 1962 | 34 | 5,282 | 5,316 | #79 |
| 1961 | 36 | 5,467 | 5,503 | #74 |
| 1960 | 31 | 5,763 | 5,794 | #70 |
| 1959 | 36 | 6,128 | 6,164 | #66 |
| 1958 | 35 | 6,316 | 6,351 | #63 |
| 1957 | 29 | 6,707 | 6,736 | #58 |
| 1956 | 35 | 7,019 | 7,054 | #53 |
| 1955 | 36 | 7,299 | 7,335 | #51 |
| 1954 | 34 | 7,486 | 7,520 | #49 |
| 1953 | 33 | 7,509 | 7,542 | #45 |
| 1952 | 26 | 7,897 | 7,923 | #44 |
| 1951 | 32 | 8,038 | 8,070 | #42 |
| 1950 | 36 | 7,798 | 7,834 | #40 |
| 1949 | 30 | 8,297 | 8,327 | #37 |
| 1948 | 28 | 8,627 | 8,655 | #35 |
| 1947 | 36 | 9,218 | 9,254 | #34 |
| 1946 | 43 | 8,668 | 8,711 | #30 |
| 1945 | 28 | 7,574 | 7,602 | #27 |
| 1944 | 44 | 8,159 | 8,203 | #26 |
| 1943 | 47 | 9,035 | 9,082 | #26 |
| 1942 | 45 | 8,682 | 8,727 | #26 |
| 1941 | 38 | 7,745 | 7,783 | #26 |
| 1940 | 39 | 7,723 | 7,762 | #25 |
| 1939 | 51 | 7,322 | 7,373 | #25 |
| 1938 | 39 | 7,560 | 7,599 | #26 |
| 1937 | 51 | 7,488 | 7,539 | #26 |
| 1936 | 36 | 7,536 | 7,572 | #26 |
| 1935 | 57 | 7,816 | 7,873 | #23 |
| 1934 | 61 | 8,092 | 8,153 | #21 |
| 1933 | 56 | 7,756 | 7,812 | #21 |
| 1932 | 75 | 8,667 | 8,742 | #21 |
| 1931 | 71 | 8,940 | 9,011 | #20 |
| 1930 | 84 | 9,731 | 9,815 | #19 |
| 1929 | 100 | 9,850 | 9,950 | #19 |
| 1928 | 89 | 10,651 | 10,740 | #18 |
| 1927 | 93 | 11,346 | 11,439 | #17 |
| 1926 | 92 | 11,774 | 11,866 | #17 |
| 1925 | 100 | 12,130 | 12,230 | #16 |
| 1924 | 86 | 12,696 | 12,782 | #16 |
| 1923 | 78 | 12,433 | 12,511 | #16 |
| 1922 | 83 | 12,631 | 12,714 | #15 |
| 1921 | 74 | 13,004 | 13,078 | #15 |
| 1920 | 69 | 13,294 | 13,363 | #13 |
| 1919 | 66 | 12,879 | 12,945 | #11 |
| 1918 | 80 | 13,338 | 13,418 | #11 |
| 1917 | 76 | 12,582 | 12,658 | #11 |
| 1916 | 74 | 11,760 | 11,834 | #11 |
| 1915 | 55 | 11,255 | 11,310 | #11 |
| 1914 | 37 | 8,962 | 8,999 | #10 |
| 1913 | 40 | 6,890 | 6,930 | #11 |
| 1912 | 39 | 5,809 | 5,848 | #11 |
| 1911 | 12 | 3,074 | 3,086 | #12 |
| 1910 | 11 | 2,596 | 2,607 | #13 |
| 1909 | 15 | 2,287 | 2,302 | #12 |
| 1908 | 6 | 2,192 | 2,198 | #12 |
| 1907 | 21 | 2,095 | 2,116 | #12 |
| 1906 | 12 | 1,934 | 1,946 | #12 |
| 1905 | 9 | 1,902 | 1,911 | #12 |
| 1904 | 13 | 1,873 | 1,886 | #12 |
| 1903 | 13 | 1,840 | 1,853 | #12 |
| 1902 | 12 | 1,858 | 1,870 | #12 |
| 1901 | 17 | 1,718 | 1,735 | #12 |
| 1900 | 11 | 2,298 | 2,309 | #12 |
| 1899 | 6 | 1,750 | 1,756 | #12 |
| 1898 | 11 | 2,002 | 2,013 | #13 |
| 1897 | 17 | 1,895 | 1,912 | #12 |
| 1896 | 9 | 2,017 | 2,026 | #13 |
| 1895 | 11 | 2,015 | 2,026 | #13 |
| 1894 | 17 | 2,010 | 2,027 | #13 |
| 1893 | 15 | 2,004 | 2,019 | #13 |
| 1892 | 10 | 2,229 | 2,239 | #13 |
| 1891 | 10 | 1,668 | 1,678 | #13 |
| 1890 | 12 | 1,905 | 1,917 | #13 |
| 1889 | 9 | 1,916 | 1,925 | #13 |
| 1888 | 5 | 2,040 | 2,045 | #13 |
| 1887 | — | 1,704 | 1,704 | #13 |
| 1886 | 11 | 1,880 | 1,891 | #13 |
| 1885 | 7 | 1,808 | 1,815 | #13 |
| 1884 | 7 | 1,902 | 1,909 | #13 |
| 1883 | 5 | 1,705 | 1,710 | #13 |
| 1882 | 7 | 1,805 | 1,812 | #13 |
| 1881 | 11 | 1,670 | 1,681 | #13 |
| 1880 | 8 | 1,755 | 1,763 | #13 |