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Walter

Boy's name · #252 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Walter — on the books since 1880, #252 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 631,000 boys share it. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 47 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#29 in Sweden (2025) · #48 in Denmark (2025) · #94 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #108 in Norway (2025) · #151 in New Zealand (2025) · #336 in England & Wales (2025) · #381 in Ecuador (2025) · #440 in Scotland (2025) · #642 in Austria (2025) · #967 in Belgium (2025) · #1,062 in Ireland (2025) · #1,890 in Switzerland (2025) and 2 more.

Famous Walters

• Walter Scott — Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)
• Walter Benjamin — German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)
• Walter Gropius — German-American architect (1883–1969)
• Walter Mondale — Vice President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1928–2021)
• Walter Houser Brattain — American physicist (1902–1987)

In stories & tradition

• Walter White — Breaking Bad (TV series)
• Walter (Walt Lloyd) — Lost (TV series)
• Walter (Rorschach) — Watchmen (comic book)

What Walters become

Among 14,607 notable people named Walter:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.81× more often than among typical names — e.g. Walter Simons, German politician and judge (1861–1937).

Similar names: Edwin · Warren · Edward · Wallace · Edgar · Marshall

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