Walther — boys' name
91 babies named Walther in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1913. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Walther was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Walther in 1913 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Walther
The Social Security Administration has registered 91 babies named Walther between 1913 and 2017, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Walther currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1913, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Walther performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Walther shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Walther 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 91 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.
Walther at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Walther popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1913
- Peak year (1913)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 105 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
91 total births across 105 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1913 with 7 births in a single year.
Walther by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 22 births that decade — 24% of Walther's all-time total
Walther decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Walther's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
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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, 1913–2017 (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.