Walter

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Walter: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Walter: Recorded since 1945, it reached #97 in 1958, and it stood at #108 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
135times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#97highest recorded position
31groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1337
1997	#1113
1998	#1055
1999	#1199
2000	#1425
2001	#1202
2002	#1519
2003	#1248
2004	#1077
2005	#1299
2006	#984
2007	#1440
2008	#836
2009	#972
2010	#758
2011	#718
2012	#534
2013	#596
2014	#429
2015	#393
2016	#341
2017	#362
2018	#318
2019	#271
2020	#292
2021	#302
2022	#335
2023	#343
2024	#344

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 53 of the 81 years from 1945 to 2025.

In 2025: #108 among boys in Norway, #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #178 among boys in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #108 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Walter appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 53 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 650 births with the name.

Walter across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Walter's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#178 (1945)	#108 (2025)	#108 (2025)	53 of 81	650 (1945–2025)	62 (2025)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#111 (1964)	#105 (1968)	#829 (2025)	51 of 62	535 (1964–2025)	32 (1968)
England and Wales · Boys	#1337 (1996)	#271 (2019)	#344 (2024)	29 of 29	1,918 (1996–2024)	178 (2019)

Walter by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Walter in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	76	5 of 10	15
1950s	136	10 of 10	14
1960s	95	10 of 10	10
1970s	42	7 of 10	6
1980s	26	5 of 10	5
2000s	9	2 of 10	5
2010s	86	8 of 10	11
2020sbusiest	180	6 of 10	30

Across Norway · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 30 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2024 and 2025, when recorded births rose by 28, from 34 to 62.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Walter appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #97 in New Zealand in 1958.

Walter's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#344	127	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#343	124	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#335	129	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#302	155	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#292	157	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#271	178	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#318	150	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#362	129	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#341	138	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#393	108	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#429	94	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#596	58	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#534	69	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#718	44	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#758	39	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#972	27	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#836	33	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1440	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#984	23	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1299	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1077	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1248	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1202	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1425	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1199	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1055	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1113	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1337	9	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	male	#97	57	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#108	62	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#156	34	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#209	23	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#172	30	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#232	18	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#281	13	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#257	18	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#309	13	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#288	16	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#418	8	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#338	12	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#446	7	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#568	4	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#579	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#530	7	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#605	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#647	4	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#568	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#669	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#648	4	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#634	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#546	6	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#530	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#569	5	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#350	12	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#553	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#434	8	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#450	7	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#408	8	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#481	6	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#327	11	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#253	16	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#411	7	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#295	12	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#379	7	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#276	13	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#264	13	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#234	15	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#251	13	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#274	11	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#240	13	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#200	18	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#254	11	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#257	11	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#229	14	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#211	17	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#297	8	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#228	14	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#207	17	High	Verified
1946	Norway	male	#231	14	High	Verified
1945	Norway	male	#178	23	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	7	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#498	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#433	8	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	9	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	11	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#190	10	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	6	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	7	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#217	8	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	8	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	12	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#178	14	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#188	12	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	13	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#172	18	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	11	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	14	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#175	15	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#154	20	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#177	15	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#167	17	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	18	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#168	16	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#149	21	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#140	22	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	11	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#105	32	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#123	21	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#116	23	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#112	25	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#111	24	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#478	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 80 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #97, first reached in 1958.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 178 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1958, and 79 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Wallace · #535, 20y
Wallis · #1364, 16y
Wan · #1962, 25y
Wanda · #401, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Edmund · #103, 80y
Otto · #90, 78y
Ahmed · #89, 80y
Mohamed · #88, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Anne-Marie · #97, 77y
Endre · #97, 81y
Ottar · #97, 63y
Unn · #97, 47y

Walter was ranked #97 in New Zealand · Boys in 1958. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Walter and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Walter without appearing here.

Walter moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1299 and #1095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #984 and #2538.
Mathias Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1519 and #1322 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1248 and #2470.
Andrea Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1519 and #1411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1248 and #2189.
Kim Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1519 and #1519 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1248 and #2189.

Moved ahead of Walter

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1202 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1519 and #848.
Bradley Compare
In 2024 they stood at #472 and #516 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #829 and #372.
Theodor Compare
In 1999 they stood at #530 and #563 in Norway · Boys; by 2000 that had become #579 and #139.
Justin Compare
In 2024 they stood at #472 and #516 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #829 and #402.

Moved the opposite way to Walter

Steffen Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Walter went from #231 to #108 while Steffen went from #341 to #519.
Arthur Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Walter went from #111 to #829 while Arthur went from #98 to #57.
Isaac Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Walter went from #111 to #829 while Isaac went from #232 to #104.
Leo Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Walter went from #111 to #829 while Leo went from #101 to #10.

Moved the same way as Walter

Colin Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Walter went from #231 to #108 and Colin from #326 to #119.
Isak Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Walter went from #231 to #108 and Isak from #282 to #6.
Max Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Walter went from #231 to #108 and Max from #359 to #72.
Samuel Compare
Between 1946 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Walter went from #231 to #108 and Samuel from #339 to #75.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #97 in New Zealand in 1958. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Walter

Walter at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Walter across 3 official records

Walter by decade in Norway · Boys

Walter appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Walter

Walter and the names beside it

Walter moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Walter

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Moved the same way as Walter

Walter at a glance

Walter across 3 official records

Walter by decade in Norway · Boys

Walter appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Walter

Walter and the names beside it

Walter moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Walter

Moved the opposite way to Walter

Moved the same way as Walter