Waldemar
#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1906 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,510since 1891
Waldemar over time
Rank among boys' names. Waldemar has never cracked the top 700 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 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #1,652 | 22 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #1,987 | 16 |
| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #2,073 | 14 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #1,756 | 16 |
| 1936 | #1,723 | 16 |
| 1935 | #1,837 | 15 |
| 1934 | #1,932 | 14 |
| 1933 | #1,361 | 24 |
| 1932 | #1,465 | 23 |
| 1931 | #1,394 | 25 |
| 1930 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1929 | #1,272 | 31 |
| 1928 | #1,228 | 34 |
| 1927 | #1,372 | 29 |
| 1926 | #1,278 | 32 |
| 1925 | #1,246 | 33 |
| 1924 | #1,058 | 45 |
| 1923 | #1,385 | 28 |
| 1922 | #1,158 | 38 |
| 1921 | #1,101 | 41 |
| 1920 | #1,139 | 39 |
| 1919 | #1,297 | 30 |
| 1918 | #975 | 47 |
| 1917 | #919 | 48 |
| 1916 | #939 | 46 |
| 1915 | #868 | 50 |
| 1914 | #907 | 36 |
| 1913 | #950 | 27 |
| 1912 | #1,746 | 9 |
| 1911 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #798 | 10 |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Waldemar! It came in at #841, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1895, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Waldemar is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wisconsin#238 · 1 in 2,222
- New York#505 · 1 in 12,827
Best ever in a state: #163 in Wisconsin, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #238 | 10 | 1 in 2,222 |
| New York | #505 | 7 | 1 in 12,827 |
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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 Waldemar
- 341 spots since 2024 (#12,349 → #12,008)
- Biggest jump: 796 spots in 1913 (#1,746 → #950)
- Biggest drop: 547 spots in 1907 (#798 → #1,345)
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1906 at #798 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1907, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1913–1918
- Highest: 1 in 13,315 boys born in 1906 were named Waldemar (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 23.2% of all boys named Waldemar (350) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 23 | #841 (1891) | #965 |
| 1900s | 51 | #798 (1906) | #1,100 |
| 1910s | 308 | #868 (1915) | #1,121 |
| 1920s | 350 | #1,058 (1924) | #1,224 |
| 1930s | 175 | #1,361 (1933) | #1,772 |
| 1940s | 73 | #2,268 (1942) | #2,794 |
| 1950s | 82 | #2,073 (1952) | #2,585 |
| 1960s | 108 | #1,652 (1967) | #2,762 |
| 1970s | 94 | #2,891 (1970) | #3,661 |
| 1980s | 93 | #2,956 (1984) | #4,681 |
| 1990s | 70 | #4,167 (1990) | #6,249 |
| 2000s | 47 | #7,055 (2002) | #9,595 |
| 2010s | 21 | #10,766 (2010) | #11,799 |
| 2020s | 15 | #12,008 (2025) | #12,229 |
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.
Waldemar in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
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1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 21,563 of them was named Waldemar, which outranked 79.7% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).