Walter Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Walter: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 631,172 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

631,172

Peak year

1918 #11

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

+1.8%

In the 1910s · Most used in PA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	801	#374
2012	805	#375
2013	939	#342
2014	987	#337
2015	1,158	#309
2016	1,172	#302
2017	1,366	#265
2018	1,313	#271
2019	1,282	#278
2020	1,240	#272
2021	1,281	#271
2022	1,278	#269
2023	1,276	#267
2024	1,269	#271
2025	1,381	#252

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1918

1,460

1,306

1,035

701

603

578

Names from the same era

Frank · 1918 Harry · 1918 Francis · 1918 Lloyd · 1918 Lester · 1918 Elmer · 1918 Sam · 1918 Ben · 1918 Julius · 1918 Sidney · 1918

Names similar to Walter

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