Walt
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WAWLT
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,313 for boys
Walt is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “ruler of the army”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,313th for boys in the US (35 babies).
What does Walt mean?
Germanic: short form of Walter
“ruler of the army”
Walt Whitman, author of Leaves of Grass, is among America's most celebrated poets.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Walt a girl's or a boy's name?
Walt is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 35 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Walt in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 84% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Walt, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 13 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Walt in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
How popular is Walt in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,313among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 49,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the US were named Walt, making it the 3,313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,845th. Its busiest year was 1959, with 81 boys. It first appears in the records in 1893.
Half of all the boys named Walt in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Walt in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,313 |
| 2024 | 34 | #3,392 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,804 |
| 2022 | 43 | #2,917 |
| 2021 | 43 | #2,861 |
| 2020 | 42 | #2,845 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 42 | #2,847 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,287 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 21 | #1,981 |
| 1972 | 20 | #2,020 |
| 1971 | 23 | #1,861 |
| 1970 | 28 | #1,614 |
| 1969 | 27 | #1,569 |
| 1968 | 25 | #1,573 |
| 1967 | 35 | #1,273 |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,258 |
| 1965 | 28 | #1,455 |
| 1964 | 41 | #1,198 |
| 1963 | 52 | #1,051 |
| 1962 | 61 | #972 |
| 1961 | 53 | #1,067 |
| 1960 | 61 | #972 |
| 1959 | 81 | #837 |
| 1958 | 80 | #843 |
| 1957 | 54 | #1,028 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,384 |
| 1955 | 28 | #1,457 |
| 1954 | 22 | #1,627 |
| 1953 | 17 | #1,899 |
| 1952 | 18 | #1,803 |
| 1951 | 17 | #1,837 |
| 1950 | 18 | #1,745 |
| 1949 | 22 | #1,582 |
| 1948 | 37 | #1,172 |
| 1947 | 52 | #983 |
| 1946 | 53 | #911 |
| 1945 | 47 | #943 |
| 1944 | 44 | #974 |
| 1943 | 44 | #1,006 |
| 1942 | 51 | #928 |
| 1941 | 39 | #1,040 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 1939 | 30 | #1,194 |
| 1938 | 25 | #1,337 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,403 |
| 1936 | 26 | #1,296 |
| 1935 | 26 | #1,326 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,608 |
| 1933 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 1930 | 25 | #1,463 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,480 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,744 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,347 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,771 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,151 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
Names like Walt
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Freddie Bobby Kit Robin Louie Frederick Otis Reggie Albert Archie Myles Tommy
More Germanic names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Walt: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/walt, updated 20 October 2026.