Walta

Peak · girls
1940 · 10 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
115
since 1919

Walta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Walta has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,737, 1940girls
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First appearance
1919

The first year at least five girls were named Walta! It came in at #4,814, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1919–1936, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Walta is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Walta in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Walta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1955
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1940 at #2,737 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1941, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 114,353
  • Highest: 1 in 114,353 girls born in 1940 were named Walta (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 325,880 girls born in 1955 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 49.6% of all girls named Walta (57) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,814 (1919)#4,814
1920s5#4,975 (1920)#4,975
1930s29#2,940 (1938)#3,430
1940s57#2,737 (1940)#3,519
1950s19#4,385 (1951)#4,878

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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