Wallie

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Diminutive of Walter

Wallie has been given to 419 babies in the U.S. since 1885. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1925, with 14 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% boys, 14% girls all-time.

Babies named Wallie, 2024

1 in 478,000

Wallie over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Wallie over time

In 2024, Wallie went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18852024

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Wallie: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Walter

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Wallie means

Wallie is a diminutive of Walter.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Wallie is used in English.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɑl.i/, /ˈwɒl.i/ and /ˈwɔl.i/ for Wallie.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Wallie → Walter. The family’s meaning is “power of the army”, recorded in the naming reference for Walter.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Walter.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 362 boys were recorded with the name Wallie between 1885 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1925; its best national rank was #1,092 in 1885.

In the United States, 57 girls were recorded with the name Wallie between 1890 and 1952. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1937; its best national rank was #1,527 in 1890.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Wallie?

Wallie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 478,000; 7 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 246,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 331,009 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Wallie sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 331,009 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Wallie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Wallies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Wallie was born before 1935 — so the typical Wallie is around 90 today.

Median birth year: 1935; About 90 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 23.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 3.3%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 97; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 23.2% of all recorded uses (84).

Is Wallie rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1925 (14)
Years since peak: 100; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 27.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,092; 1885

Spellings of Wallie

Wallie is not the most common spelling — Willie is, with 65.3% against Wallie's 0.05%.

Willie65.3%450,188
Wallace12.1%83,263
Willis7.6%52,336
Billie4.6%31,637
Ollie2.6%17,626
Arlie0.97%6,712
Wylie0.88%6,073
Dallin0.75%5,197

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Wallie by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,092; 1885
Peak year: 1925; 14 that year
First recorded: 1885
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 362
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,527; 1890
Peak year: 1937; 8 that year
First recorded: 1890
Last recorded: 1952
All-time count: 57
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Wallie

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Wallen Weslie Walden Waleed Waller Walid Wallis Waldon Walther Walfred Kellie Vollie Waldron Mallie Wali Walton Sollie Waldemar Tollie Nellie Millie Callie Walley Gillie

Sibling names for Wallie

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Concepcion Easter Gene Rosina Kattie Lavon Blanch Jaunita

For a brother

Domenick Hosea Rollin Alvis Jewel Eldridge Lenard Merritt

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