Walter

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #251in 2025
  • 1 in 1,236boys in 2025
  • +34%last ten years
  • 3.9×in North Dakota

Most popular in 1892, and up 34% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

09,13318,26518801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Walter, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188015,884
188116,578
188215,877
188316,296
188416,620
188516,772
188616,970
188716,803
188816,880
188917,327
189017,158
189116,484
189218,265
189317,842
189417,362
189517,165
189616,869
189716,806
189816,318
189916,477
190015,272
190116,136
190215,148
190315,432
190414,619
190514,376
190614,525
190714,269
190814,203
190913,945
191013,367
191113,604
191213,511
191313,442
191413,687
191513,263
191613,212
191713,595
191813,161
191913,140
192012,490
192111,806
192211,608
192311,343
192411,208
192510,870
192610,602
192710,068
19289,616
19299,158
19308,868
19318,599
19328,300
19337,822
19347,837
19357,506
19367,266
19377,020
19386,816
19396,615
19406,663
19416,305
19426,286
19436,330
19445,987
19455,628
19465,337
19475,038
19484,917
19494,677
19504,356
19514,269
19524,063
19533,807
19543,672
19553,543
19563,318
19573,109
19582,976
19592,871
19602,703
19612,574
19622,553
19632,495
19642,430
19652,410
19662,275
19672,184
19682,065
19691,996
19701,929
19711,898
19721,799
19731,685
19741,582
19751,508
19761,339
19771,330
19781,213
19791,233
19801,126
19811,111
19821,054
1983986
1984936
1985914
1986931
1987843
1988841
1989806
1990786
1991762
1992711
1993691
1994596
1995558
1996546
1997545
1998469
1999478
2000483
2001425
2002429
2003392
2004386
2005386
2006414
2007390
2008374
2009398
2010409
2011422
2012424
2013496
2014514
2015604
2016618
2017738
2018723
2019715
2020718
2021732
2022732
2023746
2024737
2025809

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. North Dakota 3.9×
  2. Minnesota 3.1×
  3. Wisconsin 2.8×
  4. Nebraska 2.5×
  5. Idaho 2.4×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,381
Rank in 2025
#251
How rare
1 in 1,236 boys
Since 1880
631,172

Most popular in 1892, at 18,265 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 34% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
North Dakota3.9×30
Minnesota3.1×173
Wisconsin2.8×148
Nebraska2.5×49
Idaho2.4×46

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.