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Walter Exciting • Sympathetic • Selfless
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Associated To Famous Nobles And Characters Like Sir Walter Scott And Breaking Bad's Walter White.
Walter Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
99.42%
Male
0.58%
Female
Walter is predominantly a boys name, with 0.58% of Walters being girls, and 99.42% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 624056 males named Walter, and 3633 females given the name
Popularity of Walter by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Walter in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
Walter: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2025
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Walter' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Walter in the USA from 1880-2025. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Walter's average ranking is 618.82, with it's highest ever rank being #. Walter has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 91 times.
Walter has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 627689 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Walter gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1912, when it's usage went up by 122.54%. During this year, 5808 babies were named Walter, which was 0.6077% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.903%, in this year alone more than 13000 boys were named Walter.
Popular 'W' Names for Boys
| Name | 'W-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William | 1. | 6. | 15668 | 0.433% |
| Wyatt | 2. | 44. | 9514 | 0.263% |
| Wesley | 3. | 198. | 3407 | 0.094% |
| Weston | 4. | 204. | 3383 | 0.094% |
| Waylon | 5. | 344. | 2041 | 0.056% |
| Walter | 6. | 570. | 1163 | 0.032% |
| Walker | 7. | 635. | 1044 | 0.029% |
| Warren | 8. | 785. | 823 | 0.023% |
| Wade | 9. | 822. | 785 | 0.022% |
| Winston | 10. | 951. | 645 | 0.018% |
| Wilson | 11. | 1274. | 438 | 0.012% |
| Wilder | 12. | 1560. | 337 | 0.009% |
| Wayne | 13. | 1594. | 327 | 0.009% |
| Willie | 14. | 1730. | 290 | 0.008% |
| Westin | 15. | 1795. | 274 | 0.008% |
| Will | 16. | 1795. | 274 | 0.008% |
| Westley | 17. | 1996. | 234 | 0.006% |
| Wesson | 18. | 2194. | 204 | 0.006% |
| Wallace | 19. | 2249. | 196 | 0.005% |
| Wes | 20. | 2616. | 159 | 0.004% |