Waldemar
Boy · VAHL-duh-mar · Germanic
Waldemar is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “famous ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Waldemar mean?
Germanic: from wald 'rule' and mari 'famous'
“famous ruler”
Borne in the form Valdemar by several Danish kings, notably Valdemar the Great (1131-1182).
- Say it
- VAHL-duh-mar
Is Waldemar a girl's or a boy's name?
Waldemar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Waldemar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Waldemar, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1915, with 50 boys. It first appears in the records in 1891.
Half of all the boys named Waldemar in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1967, the years shaded on the chart below.
Waldemar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,651 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,072 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,276 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,333 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,084 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,756 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,723 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,837 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,932 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,361 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,465 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,394 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,559 |
| 1929 | 31 | #1,272 |
| 1928 | 34 | #1,228 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,372 |
| 1926 | 32 | #1,278 |
| 1925 | 33 | #1,246 |
| 1924 | 45 | #1,058 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,385 |
| 1922 | 38 | #1,158 |
| 1921 | 41 | #1,101 |
| 1920 | 39 | #1,139 |
| 1919 | 30 | #1,297 |
| 1918 | 47 | #975 |
| 1917 | 48 | #919 |
| 1916 | 46 | #939 |
| 1915 | 50 | #868 |
| 1914 | 36 | #907 |
| 1913 | 27 | #950 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,289 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,313 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 10 | #798 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,001 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 7 | #910 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 6 | #981 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
Nicknames for Waldemar
- Waldo 6 boys in the US in 2025
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