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Wally

Rank in 2024
#6,193
Born in 2024
14
Peak year
1959 · #575
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 14 boys were named Wally, about 1 in every 122,522.
  • It peaked in 1959 with 185 babies, ranked #575.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1910.
  • 4,938 boys have been named Wally since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Wally per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 350 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 1,203 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,020 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen X: 756 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 288 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 163 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 158 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A diminutive of the male given names of Waldo, Walter, Wallabee, and Wallace.
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Wally, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Wiley

    Rank
    #1,158
    Born '24
    180
    Origin
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    1880peak 19212024
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    Rank
    #4,313
    Born '24
    24
    Origin
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    1880peak 19932024