Wallis
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1977 at #5,123
Given to boys 52.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1940 · 26 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 625since 1911
Wallis over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,984 | 20 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | — | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | — | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | — | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | — | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | — | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | — | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | — | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | — | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | — | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | — | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | — | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | — | #3,452 | 6 | |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | #2,186 | 13 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | — | #2,453 | 10 | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 | #1,890 | 14 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #1,917 | 20 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 | #1,311 | 26 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | #1,559 | 19 |
| 1937 | #1,255 | 33 | #1,688 | 17 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #1,417 | 22 |
| 1935 | — | #2,529 | 9 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,783 | 16 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #2,849 | 8 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,471 | 10 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,889 | 16 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,848 | 17 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,162 | 14 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,523 | 11 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,436 | 12 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,745 | 20 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,473 | 12 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,772 | 10 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,059 | 16 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,966 | 17 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,973 | 16 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,827 | 18 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,091 | 14 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,926 | 8 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,070 | 13 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,608 | 15 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
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| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Wallis! It came in at #1,537, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1912, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Wallis is popular in 1942
No state had 5 or more boys named Wallis in 1942, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Wallis
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1977
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1940 at #1,311 (26 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 37,662 boys born in 1911 were named Wallis (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 273,870 boys born in 1977 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,311 in 1940, was only 1 in 44,584 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.7% of all boys named Wallis (142) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1979, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 96 | #1,537 (1911) | #2,066 |
| 1920s | 142 | #1,745 (1925) | #2,233 |
| 1930s | 129 | #1,417 (1936) | #2,026 |
| 1940s | 119 | #1,311 (1940) | #2,274 |
| 1950s | 80 | #2,186 (1953) | #2,814 |
| 1960s | 42 | #2,673 (1962) | #3,446 |
| 1970s | 17 | #4,441 (1972) | #4,824 |
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.
Wallis in 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 67,536 of them was named Wallis, which outranked 64.4% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,860Vonna21
- #1,860Wayne21
- #1,860Wylene21
- #1,917Wallis20
- #1,917Aimee20
- #1,917Alethea20
- #1,917Ardyth20
- #1,981Alverta19
- #1,981Amber19
- #1,981Ardeth19
Tied with 63 names at #1,917; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 172,645 of them was named Wallis, which outranked 32.9% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,523Wilmot9
- #2,523Yvonne9
- #2,523Zigmund9
- #2,712Wallis8
- #2,712Alcide8
- #2,712Alphonza8
- #2,712Alston8
- #2,940Abbie7
- #2,940Abie7
- #2,940Acy7
Tied with 227 names at #2,712; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.