Waldo

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Waldo first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 140 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1915 with 174 babies (rank #407 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Waldo

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Waldo yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
7Soul urgeThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

5,717

Total babies (all years)

140

Years in the data

174

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Waldo

Waldo Ponceassociation football player · b. 1982

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	10	#636
1881	23	#347
1882	16	#468
1883	6	#883
1884	7	#842
1885	17	#460
1886	8	#754
1887	14	#486
1888	15	#527
1889	18	#445
1890	22	#386
1891	15	#474
1892	22	#414
1893	19	#433
1894	17	#501
1895	20	#455
1896	14	#588
1897	22	#409
1898	21	#449
1899	24	#383
1900	22	#517
1901	15	#534
1902	22	#459
1903	22	#448
1904	25	#430
1905	24	#462
1906	18	#566
1907	27	#455
1908	36	#396
1909	17	#676
1910	36	#460
1911	44	#445
1912	79	#444
1913	116	#400
1914	124	#434
1915	174	#407
1916	154	#454
1917	164	#442
1918	163	#463
1919	124	#537
1920	148	#497
1921	153	#499
1922	149	#508
1923	139	#517
1924	163	#488
1925	121	#565
1926	132	#527
1927	124	#557
1928	110	#592
1929	116	#549
1930	114	#563
1931	95	#610
1932	96	#605
1933	85	#631
1934	76	#703
1935	70	#738
1936	92	#610
1937	63	#779
1938	63	#778
1939	66	#743
1940	57	#839
1941	51	#896
1942	62	#833
1943	58	#884
1944	43	#1,003
1945	38	#1,055
1946	46	#1,017
1947	47	#1,063
1948	41	#1,125
1949	28	#1,406
1950	38	#1,179
1951	38	#1,193
1952	42	#1,150
1953	41	#1,169
1954	35	#1,292
1955	39	#1,215
1956	42	#1,190
1957	30	#1,455
1958	25	#1,590
1959	29	#1,499
1960	31	#1,461
1961	38	#1,299
1962	25	#1,624
1963	43	#1,193
1964	31	#1,433
1965	26	#1,554
1966	20	#1,754
1967	17	#1,970
1968	23	#1,692
1969	24	#1,724
1970	10	#3,274
1971	19	#2,201
1972	15	#2,530
1973	13	#2,853
1974	19	#2,273
1975	10	#3,652
1976	17	#2,592
1977	18	#2,550
1978	14	#3,066
1979	19	#2,567
1980	15	#3,090
1981	13	#3,408
1982	16	#2,967
1983	24	#2,204
1984	16	#2,948
1985	18	#2,824
1986	15	#3,261
1987	16	#3,194
1988	26	#2,361
1989	29	#2,353
1990	19	#3,304
1991	19	#3,318
1992	18	#3,600
1993	13	#4,685
1994	13	#4,789
1995	15	#4,265
1996	13	#4,865
1997	17	#4,049
1998	15	#4,637
1999	13	#5,306
2000	12	#5,898
2001	12	#5,993
2002	10	#7,015
2003	14	#5,541
2004	13	#6,119
2005	8	#9,060
2006	10	#7,966
2007	10	#8,138
2008	12	#7,161
2009	12	#7,209
2010	10	#8,100
2012	8	#9,663
2013	5	#13,957
2014	5	#13,963
2015	8	#9,509
2016	9	#8,766
2017	11	#7,505
2019	10	#8,169
2020	6	#11,928
2021	10	#8,121