Waldo — boys' name

What the Data Says About Waldo

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,711 babies named Waldo between 1880 and 2021, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Waldo currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 174 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Waldo performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,355 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Waldo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 232 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Waldo in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Waldo in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,711 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.