Waldemar
Waldemar was given to 5 boys in 2025, #13,786 among boys’ names; 1,510 Americans have been recorded with it since 1891 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Waldemar by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Waldemar mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Waldemar is “a male given name from the Germanic languages.”
Borrowed from German Waldemar in the 19th century. Compare Vladimir, from Slavic, and the Scandinavian name Valdemar.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Waldemar?
#13,786 among boys’ names, 2025
Waldemar entered the boys’ rankings after 2015 and stood at #13,786 in 2025.
50 babies in 1915, the peak
Waldemar peaked in 1915, when 50 boys were given it, #878 among boys’ names. The 5 births of 2025 are 10% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #13,786 | 2.9 |
| 2024 | 5 | #14,145 | 2.9 |
| 2022 | 5 | #14,207 | 2.9 |
| 2016 | 5 | #14,077 | 2.6 |
| 2014 | 5 | #13,959 | 2.6 |
| 2013 | 5 | #13,951 | 2.6 |
| 2010 | 6 | #12,131 | 3.1 |
| 2009 | 8 | #9,816 | 4.0 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,814 | 3.9 |
| 2006 | 5 | #13,925 | 2.4 |
Every recorded year (111)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | #13,124 | 2.5 |
| 2003 | 6 | #10,827 | 3.0 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,606 | 4.6 |
| 2000 | 6 | #10,291 | 3.1 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,809 | 4.7 |
| 1997 | 5 | #10,756 | 2.7 |
| 1996 | 9 | #6,469 | 4.8 |
| 1994 | 9 | #6,340 | 4.7 |
| 1993 | 6 | #8,655 | 3.1 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,632 | 5.0 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,913 | 4.5 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,387 | 6.3 |
| 1989 | 6 | #7,866 | 3.0 |
| 1988 | 6 | #7,233 | 3.1 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,942 | 6.4 |
| 1986 | 6 | #6,691 | 3.3 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,673 | 4.9 |
| 1984 | 15 | #3,096 | 8.3 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,874 | 6.1 |
| 1982 | 10 | #4,218 | 5.5 |
| 1981 | 6 | #6,236 | 3.3 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,603 | 6.7 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,801 | 6.4 |
| 1978 | 7 | #5,036 | 4.3 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,376 | 7.3 |
| 1976 | 6 | #5,564 | 3.8 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,235 | 7.7 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,621 | 4.5 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,487 | 4.5 |
| 1972 | 11 | #3,142 | 6.8 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,358 | 5.7 |
| 1970 | 11 | #3,064 | 5.9 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,853 | 6.2 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,356 | 4.6 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,708 | 12.6 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,621 | 6.2 |
| 1965 | 16 | #2,077 | 8.6 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,275 | 4.0 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,846 | 4.9 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,612 | 2.4 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,343 | 3.8 |
| 1960 | 9 | #3,069 | 4.2 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,551 | 3.3 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,487 | 5.6 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,957 | 4.4 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,935 | 4.4 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,282 | 6.6 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,150 | 7.2 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,657 | 5.3 |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,012 | 4.5 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,006 | 4.5 |
| 1948 | 5 | #4,179 | 2.8 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,361 | 3.8 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,160 | 4.3 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,416 | 4.4 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,400 | 7.7 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,382 | 8.0 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,485 | 8.1 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,859 | 6.9 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,820 | 7.2 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,181 | 10.8 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,825 | 15.0 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,797 | 15.4 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,923 | 14.4 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,015 | 13.6 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,402 | 24.2 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,505 | 22.0 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,425 | 24.0 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,600 | 20.0 |
| 1929 | 31 | #1,292 | 28.8 |
| 1928 | 34 | #1,251 | 30.7 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,405 | 25.7 |
| 1926 | 32 | #1,293 | 28.8 |
| 1925 | 33 | #1,278 | 29.6 |
| 1924 | 45 | #1,070 | 39.7 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,417 | 25.5 |
| 1922 | 38 | #1,179 | 34.9 |
| 1921 | 41 | #1,121 | 37.2 |
| 1920 | 39 | #1,152 | 36.6 |
| 1919 | 30 | #1,318 | 30.6 |
| 1918 | 47 | #984 | 46.4 |
| 1917 | 48 | #932 | 51.9 |
| 1916 | 46 | #948 | 51.7 |
| 1915 | 50 | #878 | 58.9 |
| 1914 | 36 | #931 | 55.0 |
| 1913 | 27 | #968 | 52.7 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,876 | 20.9 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,380 | 35.4 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,414 | 36.0 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,667 | 30.5 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,210 | 45.4 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,539 | 34.1 |
| 1906 | 10 | #848 | 75.1 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,085 | 52.9 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,000 | 58.7 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,306 | 40.8 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,203 | 47.0 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,117 | 48.9 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,096 | 50.2 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,170 | 44.5 |
| 1891 | 6 | #956 | 59.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Waldemar a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Waldemar has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 111 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Waldemar: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Waldemar, and how old are they?
An estimated 513 Americans named Waldemar and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (34% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 34 and 63. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 2,711 people named Waldemar (6 women and girls, 2,705 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 568 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Waldemar born?
The states with the most babies named Waldemar are Wisconsin, Minnesota and New York, with 84% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Wisconsin and Minnesota are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 119 | not ranked | 3.5× |
| Minnesota | 79 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| New York | 45 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 31 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 11 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| California | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Waldemar is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Waldemar is most over-represented in Wisconsin: since 1910 it was given 3.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Waldemar with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Waldemar
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Waldemar and names like it
- Compare Waldemar and MilburnBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sWaldemar peaked in 1915.
- Wisconsin’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Waldemar since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Waldemar: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1915The year the most babies were named Waldemar.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Waldemar alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with WMost given first.