How Many People Are Named Walt?
people named Walt are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 195,417 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,634 babies named Walt in Social Security records from 1893 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
81 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of WALTER.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Walt in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Walt alive today is about 44 years old, and 41% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 12 and 66 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Walt first appears in the records in 1893 and was given most often in 1959, to 81 babies. In 2025, 35 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1893 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Walt has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #841, in 1959. In 2025 it ranked #3,375.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,375 |
| Best rank | #841 (1959) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,187 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Walt alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Walt were born in California than in any other state: about 89 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Walt was given 4.4 times as often in California and 2.7 times in Pennsylvania.
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