Wally is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1959 and has since faded.
Wally is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #5,838 for boy births in the United States (and #12,289 across all names), given to 16 babies. Wally first appears in 1910 and peaked in 1959 (185 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,838 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,448 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | — | #6,198 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | — | #6,134 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,127 |
| 2020 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,963 |
| 2019 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,142 |
| 2018 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,754 |
| 2017 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,769 |
| 2016 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,702 |
| 2015 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,038 |
| 2014 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,747 |
| 2013 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,518 |
| 2012 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,525 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,040 |
| 2010 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,062 |
| 2009 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,274 |
| 2008 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,284 |
| 2007 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,250 |
| 2006 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,850 |
| 2005 | 14 | 14 | — | #5,861 |
| 2004 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,504 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,599 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,350 |
| 2000 | 10 | 10 | — | #6,810 |
| 1999 | 17 | 17 | — | #4,334 |
| 1998 | 11 | 11 | — | #5,828 |
| 1996 | 7 | — | — | #7,937 |
| 1995 | 15 | — | — | #4,267 |
| 1994 | 14 | — | — | #4,526 |
| 1993 | 15 | — | — | #4,213 |
| 1992 | 10 | — | — | #5,640 |
| 1991 | 19 | — | — | #3,320 |
| 1990 | 13 | — | — | #4,394 |
| 1989 | 22 | — | — | #2,895 |
| 1988 | 25 | — | — | #2,434 |
| 1987 | 24 | — | — | #2,394 |
| 1986 | 20 | — | — | #2,682 |
| 1985 | 22 | — | — | #2,422 |
| 1984 | 17 | — | — | #2,820 |
| 1983 | 19 | — | — | #2,573 |
| 1982 | 18 | — | — | #2,705 |
| 1981 | 28 | — | — | #1,992 |
| 1980 | 24 | — | — | #2,210 |
| 1979 | 24 | — | — | #2,152 |
| 1978 | 29 | — | — | #1,831 |
| 1977 | 34 | — | — | #1,644 |
| 1976 | 34 | — | — | #1,604 |
| 1975 | 41 | — | — | #1,376 |
| 1974 | 38 | — | — | #1,408 |
| 1973 | 39 | — | — | #1,353 |
| 1972 | 35 | — | — | #1,450 |
| 1971 | 52 | — | — | #1,148 |
| 1970 | 47 | — | — | #1,221 |
| 1969 | 48 | — | — | #1,135 |
| 1968 | 74 | — | — | #850 |
| 1967 | 66 | — | — | #892 |
| 1966 | 75 | — | — | #844 |
| 1965 | 96 | — | — | #758 |
| 1964 | 102 | — | — | #759 |
| 1963 | 140 | — | — | #660 |
| 1962 | 159 | — | — | #613 |
| 1961 | 162 | — | — | #624 |
| 1960 | 132 | — | — | #686 |
| 1959 | 185 | — | — | #579 |
| 1958 | 127 | — | — | #677 |
| 1957 | 112 | — | — | #709 |
| 1956 | 79 | — | — | #847 |
| 1955 | 86 | — | — | #791 |
| 1954 | 72 | — | #5,735 | #917 |
| 1953 | 72 | — | — | #851 |
| 1952 | 72 | — | #6,373 | #861 |
| 1951 | 83 | — | #5,396 | #805 |
| 1950 | 66 | — | — | #843 |
| 1949 | 83 | — | #6,040 | #781 |
| 1948 | 94 | — | #6,013 | #712 |
| 1947 | 126 | — | #4,752 | #633 |
| 1946 | 102 | — | — | #637 |
| 1945 | 102 | — | — | #602 |
| 1944 | 91 | — | #4,555 | #677 |
| 1943 | 102 | — | #4,183 | #661 |
| 1942 | 106 | — | #2,812 | #666 |
| 1941 | 87 | — | #3,243 | #701 |
| 1940 | 85 | — | #2,730 | #710 |
| 1939 | 67 | — | #4,930 | #775 |
| 1938 | 80 | — | #2,334 | #756 |
| 1937 | 95 | — | #1,450 | #741 |
| 1936 | 77 | — | #2,850 | #741 |
| 1935 | 68 | — | — | #749 |
| 1934 | 64 | — | — | #777 |
| 1933 | 47 | — | — | #924 |
| 1932 | 40 | — | — | #1,076 |
| 1931 | 56 | — | — | #857 |
| 1930 | 49 | — | — | #974 |
| 1929 | 46 | — | — | #1,007 |
| 1928 | 42 | — | — | #1,094 |
| 1927 | 39 | — | — | #1,161 |
| 1926 | 38 | — | — | #1,173 |
| 1925 | 30 | — | — | #1,359 |
| 1924 | 26 | — | — | #1,530 |
| 1923 | 31 | — | — | #1,320 |
| 1922 | 23 | — | — | #1,640 |
| 1921 | 23 | — | — | #1,645 |
| 1920 | 20 | — | — | #1,817 |
| 1919 | 19 | — | — | #1,808 |
| 1918 | 17 | — | — | #1,993 |
| 1917 | 25 | — | #4,067 | #1,808 |
| 1916 | 18 | — | — | #1,768 |
| 1915 | 12 | — | #4,939 | #3,376 |
| 1914 | 12 | — | — | #1,973 |
| 1913 | 8 | — | — | #2,265 |
| 1912 | 9 | — | — | #1,879 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | — | #1,527 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | — | #1,831 |