Wally — #6190 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Wally

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,938 babies named Wally between 1910 and 2024, spanning 115 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wally currently holds the #6190 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 185 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wally performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,054 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Wally shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 445 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Wally in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wally 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 4,938 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.