Wally
Wally was the 5838th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 1959, when it ranked 579th with 185 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,200 places. More babies were named Wally in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,838 boys, up 125 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 16boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1959185 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,101babies recorded
Wally popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 147 since 1915.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,838 | 16 |
| 2020 | #5,963 | 15 |
| 2010 | #7,062 | 12 |
| 2000 | #6,810 | 10 |
| 1990 | #4,394 | 13 |
| 1980 | #2,210 | 24 |
| 1970 | #1,221 | 47 |
| 1960 | #686 | 132 |
| 1950 | #843 | 66 |
| 1940 | #710 | 74 |
| 1930 | #974 | 49 |
| 1920 | #1,817 | 20 |
| 1910 | #1,831 | 5 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Wally, counting every spelling?
Wally is a spelling of Wali, a name family that had 72 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 72 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wali | 56 | #2,448 | 213 |
| Wally | 16 | #5,838 | 70 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Wally?
16 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Wally (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Wally born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 529 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Wally.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Wally?
About 2,900 people born in the US named Wally are alive today, with a median age of 63; half are between 50 and 71. That makes Wally a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Wally: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Wally, they share its era and feel.
Wally is also a nickname for Walter and Wallace.
Questions about the name Wally
How popular is the name Wally?
Wally was the 5838th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 16 babies. Its best year was 1959, when it ranked 579th with 185 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,200 places. More babies were named Wally in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Wally a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Wally in the US.