How rare is the name Walt?

3,920 people in the United States have the first name Walt, about 1 in 77,049. It ranks #4,666 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

WALT

#4,666

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,920
About
1 in 77,049
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,920 people named Walt, 85.3% reported their origin as White, 6.4% as Black and 3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Walt peaked in 1959, when 81 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18932025
Peak year
1959
Births that year
81
In 2025*
35 ▼57%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,634 babies have been given the name since 1893. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Walt by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #2,269. The largest share of babies named Walt, 30.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1890s#3,47210
1900s#4,6306
1910s#5,05468
1920s#4,114154
1930s#2,825232
1940s#2,269416
1950s#2,853366
1960s#2,864419
1970s#5,685182
1980s#9,014118
1990s#15,32876
2000s#17,28491
2010s#8,975254
2020s#6,515242
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–277.4%
Silent Generation 1928–4519.7%
Baby boom 1946–6430.3%
Generation X 1965–8013.2%
Millennials 1981–965.8%
Generation Z 1997–126.3%
2013 and later17%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Walt

#4,663 Samar · 3,924#4,665 Macario · 3,922#4,667 Bethann · 3,919#4,668 Klara · 3,916

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Walt, most common first.

#46,524 Walta · 143

Also a last name

As a last name, Walt ranks #22,315 of 156,621, with 1,183 people. See Walt as a last name

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