Waldo

Last seen for girls in 1921 at #4,464 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
#342
1881 · 23 births
Debut · boys
1880
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,716
since 1880

Waldo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Waldo has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #342, 1881boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#10,6956
2024——
2023——
2022——
2021—#7,58710
2020—#10,6056
2019—#7,64310
2018——
2017—#7,09511
2016—#8,1469
2015—#8,7448
2014—#12,1085
2013—#12,1365
2012—#8,8648
2011——
2010—#7,59110
2009—#6,80212
2008—#6,76312
2007—#7,59010
2006—#7,42710
2005—#8,2998
2004—#5,81313
2003—#5,27114
2002—#6,52210
2001—#5,66712
2000—#5,58812
1999—#5,03513
1998—#4,41315
1997—#3,87717
1996—#4,61313
1995—#4,05215
1994—#4,53713
1993—#4,44713
1992—#3,45918
1991—#3,22419
1990—#3,16619
1989—#2,29229
1988—#2,30526
1987—#3,07216
1986—#3,13115
1985—#2,71018
1984—#2,82416
1983—#2,14024
1982—#2,83116
1981—#3,22113
1980—#2,96515
1979—#2,46519
1978—#2,92914
1977—#2,45818
1976—#2,50817
1975—#3,42810
1974—#2,19919
1973—#2,71613
1972—#2,41815
1971—#2,12619
1970—#3,07110
1969—#1,68024
1968—#1,65023
1967—#1,90617
1966—#1,72320
1965—#1,51326
1964—#1,40831
1963—#1,17543
1962—#1,58825
1961—#1,27938
1960—#1,43431
1959—#1,46729
1958—#1,55725
1957—#1,43630
1956—#1,17142
1955—#1,21938
1954—#1,26835
1953—#1,15541
1952—#1,13642
1951—#1,17138
1950—#1,16838
1949—#1,38028
1948—#1,10741
1947—#1,05347
1946—#1,00346
1945—#1,03938
1944—#99143
1943—#87558
1942—#82162
1941—#88851
1940—#83057
1939—#73866
1938—#77063
1937—#77163
1936—#60892
1935—#73170
1934—#69776
1933—#62985
1932—#60096
1931—#60595
1930—#561114
1929—#547116
1928—#588110
1927—#553124
1926—#525132
1925—#562121
1924—#485163
1923—#515139
1922—#506149
1921#4,4646#498153
1920—#495148
1919—#535124
1918—#462163
1917—#441164
1916—#452154
1915—#407174
1914—#433124
1913—#396116
1912—#43979
1911—#44144
1910—#45636
1909—#65317
1908—#38936
1907—#44827
1906—#54718
1905—#45224
1904—#41725
1903—#43022
1902—#44022
1901—#50615
1900—#49022
1899—#37624
1898—#43521
1897—#40422
1896—#55114
1895—#43720
1894—#48017
1893—#41919
1892—#40422
1891—#45615
1890—#37622
1889—#43418
1888—#50515
1887—#46114
1886—#6948
1885—#43917
1884—#7647
1883—#7996
1882—#45316
1881—#34223
1880—#60010
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Waldo was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2011, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Waldo is popular in 1972

No state had 5 or more boys named Waldo in 1972, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Waldo
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 90 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #10,695)
  • 1,951 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #10,695)
  • Biggest jump: 325 spots in 1885 (#764 → #439)
  • Biggest drop: 346 spots in 1883 (#453 → #799)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #342 (23 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 65 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1880–1944
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,287
  • Highest: 1 in 4,287 boys born in 1908 were named Waldo (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #342 in 1881, was only 1 in 4,380 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 23.7% of all boys named Waldo (1,355) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s134#342 (1881)#549
1890s196#376 (1899)#434
1900s228#389 (1908)#477
1910s1,178#396 (1913)#446
1920s1,355#485 (1924)#527
1930s820#561 (1930)#671
1940s471#821 (1942)#999
1950s358#1,136 (1952)#1,275
1960s278#1,175 (1963)#1,536
1970s154#2,126 (1971)#2,632
1980s188#2,140 (1983)#2,749
1990s155#3,166 (1990)#4,082
2000s113#5,271 (2003)#6,574
2010s66#7,095 (2017)#9,041
2020s22#7,587 (2021)#9,629

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.

Waldo in 1972

boys
#2,418
15 births · 1 in 108,107 boys

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #2,418Waldo15
More about 1972

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 108,107 of them was named Waldo, which outranked 58.0% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Waldo
  1. #2,323Victoria16
  2. #2,323West16
  3. #2,323Willaim16
  4. #2,418Waldo15
  5. #2,418Aarron15
  6. #2,418Adelbert15
  7. #2,418Akili15
  8. #2,534Adarryll14
  9. #2,534Agapito14
  10. #2,534Alando14

Tied with 115 names at #2,418; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,755Demond#3,146 → #391
  2. ↑ 1,286Cade#2,279 → #993
  3. ↑ 905Vidal#1,526 → #621
  4. ↑ 855Damond#1,784 → #929
  5. ↑ 849Kareem#1,254 → #405
Fallers
  1. ↓ 413Rich#914 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 401Monroe#947 → #1,348
  3. ↓ 317Laura#990 → #1,307
  4. ↓ 309Von#976 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 309Westley#998 → #1,307

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1972 →