Is Walter a boy or girl name?
Walter is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 1,264 boys were named Walter, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.6% of the 633,415 US babies named Walter were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #271
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Walter since 1880
- 633,415
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 13,418 babies
Boys and girls named Walter, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18,185 | 70 | 0.4% |
| 1890s | 19,495 | 118 | 0.6% |
| 1900s | 19,997 | 129 | 0.6% |
| 1910s | 89,145 | 490 | 0.5% |
| 1920s | 119,809 | 864 | 0.7% |
| 1930s | 80,906 | 581 | 0.7% |
| 1940s | 83,726 | 378 | 0.4% |
| 1950s | 72,196 | 332 | 0.5% |
| 1960s | 45,932 | 266 | 0.6% |
| 1970s | 25,729 | 216 | 0.8% |
| 1980s | 17,568 | 150 | 0.8% |
| 1990s | 12,020 | 38 | 0.3% |
| 2000s | 8,132 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 10,606 | 0 | 0% |
| 2020s | 6,337 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,264 | #271 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1,274 | #267 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1,278 | #269 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1,281 | #271 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1,240 | #272 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1,282 | #278 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1,313 | #271 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1,366 | #265 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1,172 | #302 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1,157 | #309 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 987 | #337 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 939 | #342 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 805 | #375 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 801 | #373 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 784 | #372 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 789 | #383 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 764 | #393 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 810 | #380 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 850 | #356 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 770 | #374 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 766 | #365 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 775 | #355 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 833 | #331 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 826 | #335 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 949 | #308 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 918 | #312 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 896 | #313 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1,027 | #273 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1,035 | #272 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 1,062 | #265 | 6 | #13,341 |
| 1994 | 1,152 | #250 | 7 | #11,748 |
| 1993 | 1,356 | #221 | 8 | #10,562 |
| 1992 | 1,421 | #218 | 10 | #8,722 |
| 1991 | 1,539 | #200 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 1,614 | #191 | 7 | #11,384 |
| 1989 | 1,612 | #184 | 6 | #12,324 |
| 1988 | 1,610 | #175 | 23 | #4,012 |
| 1987 | 1,574 | #174 | 20 | #4,281 |
| 1986 | 1,715 | #156 | 10 | #7,119 |
| 1985 | 1,689 | #163 | 20 | #4,123 |
| 1984 | 1,689 | #161 | 9 | #7,390 |
| 1983 | 1,767 | #154 | 10 | #6,694 |
| 1982 | 1,912 | #147 | 19 | #4,162 |
| 1981 | 1,990 | #138 | 17 | #4,526 |
| 1980 | 2,010 | #137 | 16 | #4,740 |
| 1979 | 2,122 | #128 | 22 | #3,664 |
| 1978 | 1,991 | #131 | 22 | #3,508 |
| 1977 | 2,185 | #123 | 13 | #5,206 |
| 1976 | 2,102 | #127 | 20 | #3,535 |
| 1975 | 2,358 | #111 | 24 | #3,051 |
| 1974 | 2,487 | #104 | 11 | #5,356 |
| 1973 | 2,627 | #101 | 16 | #3,960 |
| 1972 | 2,917 | #98 | 30 | #2,447 |
| 1971 | 3,356 | #91 | 27 | #2,733 |
| 1970 | 3,584 | #89 | 31 | #2,446 |
| 1969 | 3,570 | #84 | 27 | #2,583 |
| 1968 | 3,589 | #83 | 29 | #2,294 |
| 1967 | 3,810 | #81 | 23 | #2,630 |
| 1966 | 4,056 | #83 | 24 | #2,516 |
| 1965 | 4,484 | #82 | 18 | #3,046 |
| 1964 | 4,844 | #80 | 15 | #3,510 |
| 1963 | 5,066 | #77 | 29 | #2,248 |
| 1962 | 5,280 | #79 | 34 | #2,028 |
| 1961 | 5,467 | #74 | 36 | #1,954 |
| 1960 | 5,766 | #70 | 31 | #2,093 |
| 1959 | 6,129 | #66 | 36 | #1,878 |
| 1958 | 6,313 | #63 | 35 | #1,871 |
| 1957 | 6,706 | #58 | 29 | #2,066 |
| 1956 | 7,020 | #53 | 35 | #1,834 |
| 1955 | 7,299 | #51 | 36 | #1,771 |
| 1954 | 7,486 | #49 | 34 | #1,799 |
| 1953 | 7,509 | #45 | 33 | #1,757 |
| 1952 | 7,899 | #44 | 26 | #2,020 |
| 1951 | 8,037 | #42 | 32 | #1,738 |
| 1950 | 7,798 | #40 | 36 | #1,574 |
| 1949 | 8,296 | #37 | 30 | #1,766 |
| 1948 | 8,627 | #35 | 28 | #1,819 |
| 1947 | 9,217 | #34 | 36 | #1,600 |
| 1946 | 8,668 | #30 | 43 | #1,336 |
| 1945 | 7,574 | #27 | 28 | #1,587 |
| 1944 | 8,159 | #26 | 44 | #1,204 |
| 1943 | 9,035 | #26 | 47 | #1,196 |
| 1942 | 8,681 | #26 | 45 | #1,194 |
| 1941 | 7,746 | #26 | 38 | #1,242 |
| 1940 | 7,723 | #25 | 39 | #1,185 |
| 1939 | 7,323 | #25 | 51 | #995 |
| 1938 | 7,559 | #26 | 39 | #1,180 |
| 1937 | 7,486 | #26 | 51 | #990 |
| 1936 | 7,536 | #26 | 36 | #1,205 |
| 1935 | 7,816 | #23 | 57 | #924 |
| 1934 | 8,092 | #21 | 61 | #874 |
| 1933 | 7,755 | #21 | 56 | #914 |
| 1932 | 8,668 | #21 | 75 | #788 |
| 1931 | 8,940 | #20 | 71 | #811 |
| 1930 | 9,731 | #19 | 84 | #772 |
| 1929 | 9,850 | #19 | 100 | #703 |
| 1928 | 10,651 | #18 | 89 | #758 |
| 1927 | 11,346 | #17 | 93 | #745 |
| 1926 | 11,774 | #17 | 92 | #756 |
| 1925 | 12,130 | #16 | 100 | #742 |
| 1924 | 12,696 | #16 | 86 | #808 |
| 1923 | 12,433 | #16 | 78 | #835 |
| 1922 | 12,631 | #15 | 83 | #802 |
| 1921 | 13,004 | #15 | 74 | #861 |
| 1920 | 13,294 | #13 | 69 | #879 |
| 1919 | 12,879 | #11 | 66 | #869 |
| 1918 | 13,338 | #11 | 80 | #801 |
| 1917 | 12,582 | #11 | 76 | #796 |
| 1916 | 11,760 | #11 | 74 | #795 |
| 1915 | 11,255 | #11 | 55 | #891 |
| 1914 | 8,962 | #10 | 37 | #986 |
| 1913 | 6,890 | #11 | 40 | #839 |
| 1912 | 5,809 | #11 | 39 | #808 |
| 1911 | 3,074 | #12 | 12 | #1,446 |
| 1910 | 2,596 | #13 | 11 | #1,518 |
| 1909 | 2,287 | #12 | 15 | #1,102 |
| 1908 | 2,192 | #12 | 6 | #2,093 |
| 1907 | 2,095 | #12 | 21 | #839 |
| 1906 | 1,934 | #12 | 12 | #1,153 |
| 1905 | 1,902 | #12 | 9 | #1,417 |
| 1904 | 1,873 | #12 | 13 | #1,048 |
| 1903 | 1,840 | #12 | 13 | #1,024 |
| 1902 | 1,858 | #12 | 12 | #1,073 |
| 1901 | 1,718 | #12 | 17 | #827 |
| 1900 | 2,298 | #12 | 11 | #1,223 |
| 1899 | 1,750 | #12 | 6 | #1,589 |
| 1898 | 2,002 | #13 | 11 | #1,097 |
| 1897 | 1,895 | #12 | 17 | #785 |
| 1896 | 2,017 | #13 | 9 | #1,210 |
| 1895 | 2,015 | #13 | 11 | #1,050 |
| 1894 | 2,010 | #13 | 17 | #743 |
| 1893 | 2,004 | #13 | 15 | #791 |
| 1892 | 2,229 | #13 | 10 | #1,014 |
| 1891 | 1,668 | #13 | 10 | #942 |
| 1890 | 1,905 | #13 | 12 | #823 |
| 1889 | 1,916 | #13 | 9 | #947 |
| 1888 | 2,040 | #13 | 5 | #1,467 |
| 1887 | 1,704 | #13 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 1,880 | #13 | 11 | #730 |
| 1885 | 1,808 | #13 | 7 | #917 |
| 1884 | 1,902 | #13 | 7 | #927 |
| 1883 | 1,705 | #13 | 5 | #1,047 |
| 1882 | 1,805 | #13 | 7 | #808 |
| 1881 | 1,670 | #13 | 11 | #536 |
| 1880 | 1,755 | #13 | 8 | #675 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Walter reached #10 in 1914. As a girl name, it reached #536 in 1881. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Walter
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.