Walsie — girls' name
101 babies named Walsie in U.S. Social Security records since 1898, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Walsie was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Walsie in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Walsie
The Social Security Administration has registered 101 babies named Walsie between 1898 and 1932, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Walsie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1932. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Walsie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Walsie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Walsie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Walsie 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 101 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.
Walsie at a glance
Last recorded 1932Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Walsie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1932–1898
- Peak year (1916)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1932.
101 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 9 births in a single year.
Walsie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 52 births that decade — 51% of Walsie's all-time total
Walsie decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Walsie's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Walsie by state
Where Walsie concentrates geographically — total births since 1898
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Arkansas | | 15 | 14.9% |
15 of 101 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Arkansas 14.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Arkansas accounts for 14.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1898–1932 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.