NameTides

Walter

Walter was the #251 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,381 babies), and #334 in England & Wales and #279 in Canada.

Walter as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Walter as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & WalesScotlandIreland
Walter as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#251 (1,381)#334 (127)#400 (8)#829 (3)#279 (119)
2024#271 (1,269)#344 (127)#478 (6)—#300 (109)
2023#267 (1,276)#343 (124)#482 (6)#472 (7)#283 (111)
2022#268 (1,278)#335 (129)#522 (5)#572 (5)#298 (106)
2021#271 (1,281)#302 (155)#477 (6)#498 (6)#254 (135)
2020#272 (1,240)#292 (157)—#433 (8)#332 (96)
2019#278 (1,282)#271 (178)#464 (6)#506 (6)#343 (93)
2018#271 (1,313)#318 (150)#704 (3)#749 (3)#331 (98)
2017#265 (1,366)#362 (129)#532 (5)#710 (3)#282 (127)
2016#302 (1,172)#341 (138)——#359 (88)
2015#309 (1,158)#393 (108)#686 (3)#554 (5)#397 (77)
2014#337 (987)#429 (94)#587 (4)#550 (5)#663 (39)
2013#342 (939)#596 (58)—#534 (5)#547 (49)
2012#375 (805)#534 (69)#467 (6)#616 (4)#608 (40)
2011#374 (801)#718 (44)#648 (3)#540 (5)#587 (43)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1892 at #13.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Walter is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,200 to 1 in 1,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Walter by state, 2025Alaska: #110AKMaine: #113MEWisconsin: #143WIVermont: #102VTNew Hampshire: #145NHWashington: #208WAIdaho: #188IDMontana: #127MTNorth Dakota: #93NDMinnesota: #73MNIllinois: #198ILMichigan: #164MINew York: #333NYMassachusetts: #197MAOregon: #247ORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #116SDIowa: #119IAIndiana: #254INOhio: #269OHPennsylvania: #255PANew Jersey: #469NJConnecticut: #268CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #453CAUtah: #170UTColorado: #185CONebraska: #150NEMissouri: #165MOKentucky: #450KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #203VAMaryland: #389MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #376AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #189KSArkansas: #273ARTennessee: #168TNNorth Carolina: #247NCSouth Carolina: #212SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #293OKLouisiana: #293LAMississippi: #239MSAlabama: #191ALGeorgia: #267GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #393TXFlorida: #458FL
Walter (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#30145
Quebec2025#6236

Walter (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
WalterCanadaBoys#279119
WalterEngland & WalesBoys#334127
WalterIrelandBoys#8293
WalterNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
WalterScotlandBoys#4008
WalterUSGirls—too few
WalterUSBoys#2511,381