Wally
Last seen for girls in 1954 at #5,148 · #5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
Given to boys 97.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1959 · 185 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,954since 1910
Wally over time
Rank among boys' names. Wally has never cracked the top 500 here.
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 | — | #5,608 | 16 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,199 | 14 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,927 | 15 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,874 | 15 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,587 | 10 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,699 | 15 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,777 | 12 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,540 | 16 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,526 | 16 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,676 | 12 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,130 | 9 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,026 | 11 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,050 | 11 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,502 | 10 | |
| 2010 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #7,698 | 10 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,901 | 14 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,675 | 19 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,578 | 14 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #8,456 | 7 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,162 | 17 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,466 | 11 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #7,136 | 7 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,052 | 15 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,290 | 14 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,020 | 15 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,224 | 19 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,167 | 13 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,784 | 22 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,367 | 25 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,333 | 24 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,601 | 20 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,357 | 22 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,706 | 17 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,493 | 19 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,596 | 18 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,942 | 28 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,162 | 24 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,104 | 24 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,794 | 29 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,607 | 34 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,572 | 34 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,361 | 41 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,388 | 38 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,329 | 39 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,441 | 35 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,138 | 52 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,207 | 47 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,124 | 48 | |
| 1968 | — | #844 | 74 | |
| 1967 | — | #885 | 66 | |
| 1966 | — | #844 | 75 | |
| 1965 | — | #753 | 96 | |
| 1964 | — | #758 | 102 | |
| 1963 | — | #658 | 140 | |
| 1962 | — | #611 | 159 | |
| 1961 | — | #623 | 162 | |
| 1960 | — | #683 | 132 | |
| 1959 | — | #575 | 185 | |
| 1958 | — | #675 | 127 | |
| 1957 | — | #709 | 112 | |
| 1956 | — | #840 | 79 | |
| 1955 | — | #786 | 86 | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #908 | 66 |
| 1953 | — | #848 | 72 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #850 | 67 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #803 | 77 |
| 1950 | — | #836 | 66 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #779 | 78 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #708 | 89 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #631 | 119 |
| 1946 | — | #635 | 102 | |
| 1945 | — | #599 | 102 | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #674 | 85 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #655 | 95 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 | #665 | 94 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #694 | 78 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | #702 | 74 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #770 | 62 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | #752 | 66 |
| 1937 | #1,416 | 27 | #737 | 68 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 | #736 | 67 |
| 1935 | — | #741 | 68 | |
| 1934 | — | #771 | 64 | |
| 1933 | — | #905 | 47 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,056 | 40 | |
| 1931 | — | #841 | 56 | |
| 1930 | — | #967 | 49 | |
| 1929 | — | #995 | 46 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,078 | 42 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,145 | 39 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,161 | 38 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,332 | 30 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,492 | 26 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,300 | 31 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,591 | 23 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,588 | 23 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,747 | 20 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,752 | 19 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,905 | 17 | |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | #1,755 | 18 |
| 1916 | — | #1,698 | 18 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | — | #1,868 | 12 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,387 | 7 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Wally! It came in at #1,589, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1997, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Wally is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#144 · 1 in 693
- Minnesota#315 · 1 in 4,787
- New York#514 · 1 in 15,625
- California#543 · 1 in 10,541
Best ever in a state: #144 in Idaho, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #144 | 7 | 1 in 693 |
| Minnesota | #315 | 5 | 1 in 4,787 |
| New York | #514 | 6 | 1 in 15,625 |
| California | #543 | 5 | 1 in 10,541 |
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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 Wally
- 591 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #5,608)
- 91 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #5,608)
- 1,068 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #5,608)
- Biggest jump: 151 spots in 1933 (#1,056 → #905)
- Biggest drop: 280 spots in 1969 (#844 → #1,124)
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1959 at #575 (185 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1933–1968
- Highest: 1 in 11,538 boys born in 1959 were named Wally (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 106,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.3% of all boys named Wally (1,054) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 120 | #1,387 (1911) | #1,887 |
| 1920s | 318 | #995 (1929) | #1,343 |
| 1930s | 587 | #736 (1936) | #828 |
| 1940s | 916 | #599 (1945) | #674 |
| 1950s | 937 | #575 (1959) | #783 |
| 1960s | 1,054 | #611 (1962) | #778 |
| 1970s | 373 | #1,138 (1971) | #1,494 |
| 1980s | 219 | #1,942 (1981) | #2,434 |
| 1990s | 121 | #3,224 (1991) | #4,639 |
| 2000s | 102 | #4,675 (2006) | #6,791 |
| 2010s | 122 | #5,526 (2017) | #6,727 |
| 2020s | 85 | #5,608 (2025) | #6,149 |
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.
Wally in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 103,957 of them was named Wally, which outranked 48.8% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,424Wenda12
- #2,424Wynelle12
- #2,424Wynette12
- #2,572Wally11
- #2,572Alix11
- #2,572Almira11
- #2,572Aloha11
- #2,737Adah10
- #2,737Aggie10
- #2,737Albertina10
Tied with 164 names at #2,572; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 15,664 of them was named Wally, which outranked 82.2% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).