Walt
Walt is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 34 births. Its best rank was 842nd, in 1959.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 340.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 195981 births
- Best rank
- #842in 1959
- Since 1893
- 2,599people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,599 boys have been named Walt in the United States since 1893, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1959, with 81 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1960, and the 1960s alone account for 16%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Walt | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 10 | |
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 68 | |
| 1920s | 154 | |
| 1930s | 232 | |
| 1940s | 416 | |
| 1950s | 366 | |
| 1960s | 419 | |
| 1970s | 182 | |
| 1980s | 118 | |
| 1990s | 76 | |
| 2000s | 91 | |
| 2010s | 254 | |
| 2020s | 207 |
In 1959, its biggest year
Walt was the 842nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1959 were Michael, David, James, John and Robert. See all of 1959.
Names that rose and fell with Walt
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Darwinpeak 1958
- Deanpeak 1961
- Darelpeak 1956
- Wallypeak 1959
- Vonpeak 1958
- Salpeak 1958
- Teddypeak 1949
- Laddpeak 1961
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.