Walter

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Walter is a German and English masculine given name of Germanic origin, composed of the elements meaning "power" or "ruler", and "army".

From Wikipedia

Walter first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1968 with 212 babies (rank #105 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Walter

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

4,902
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
212
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195571#183
195673#189
1957108#147
1958125#132
1959161#109
1960158#112
1961162#116
1962147#125
1963173#115
1964209#103
1965193#112
1966209#99
1967184#116
1968212#105
1969207#115
1970192#121
1971186#116
1972161#129
1973115#154
1974128#142
1975129#136
1976132#137
1977112#148
197889#188
197983#194
198094#175
198198#177
198273#209
198366#224
198457#253
198549#282
198646#307
198750#305
198836#379
198956#281
199046#340
199154#309
199240#374
199341#363
199434#413
199537#391
199640#388
199733#429
199826#496
199930#466
200029#473
200121#544
200219#577
200311#771
200419#566
20055#1,025
200610#767
200710#741
20085#1,010
20094#1,090
20109#768
20118#796
20126#890
20138#802
201413#618