Walt is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1959 and has grown less common since.
Walt is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,376 for boy births in the United States (and #7,260 across all names), given to 35 babies. Walt first appears in 1893 and peaked in 1959 (81 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | #3,376 |
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | #3,452 |
| 2023 | 45 | 45 | #2,844 |
| 2022 | 43 | 43 | #2,957 |
| 2021 | 43 | 43 | #2,916 |
| 2020 | 42 | 42 | #2,882 |
| 2019 | 35 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2018 | 42 | 42 | #2,889 |
| 2017 | 29 | 29 | #3,766 |
| 2016 | 30 | 30 | #3,676 |
| 2015 | 21 | 21 | #4,699 |
| 2014 | 29 | 29 | #3,687 |
| 2013 | 19 | 19 | #4,967 |
| 2012 | 15 | 15 | #5,977 |
| 2011 | 18 | 18 | #5,189 |
| 2010 | 16 | 16 | #5,720 |
| 2009 | 14 | 14 | #6,412 |
| 2008 | 10 | 10 | #8,285 |
| 2007 | 9 | 9 | #8,878 |
| 2006 | 11 | 11 | #7,398 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 | #9,063 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | #13,134 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | #12,682 |
| 2002 | 10 | 10 | #7,016 |
| 2001 | 11 | 11 | #6,423 |
| 2000 | 8 | 8 | #8,172 |
| 1999 | 10 | 10 | #6,511 |
| 1998 | 6 | 6 | #9,594 |
| 1997 | 11 | — | #5,630 |
| 1996 | 7 | — | #7,938 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | #7,771 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | #7,737 |
| 1993 | 9 | — | #6,203 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | #5,085 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | #6,387 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | #7,875 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | #5,729 |
| 1987 | 12 | — | #3,949 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | #5,311 |
| 1985 | 14 | — | #3,393 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | #4,202 |
| 1983 | 15 | — | #3,063 |
| 1982 | 15 | — | #3,099 |
| 1981 | 16 | — | #2,891 |
| 1980 | 14 | — | #3,251 |
| 1979 | 11 | — | #3,804 |
| 1978 | 18 | — | #2,567 |
| 1977 | 13 | — | #3,195 |
| 1976 | 15 | — | #2,820 |
| 1975 | 19 | — | #2,358 |
| 1974 | 14 | — | #2,794 |
| 1973 | 21 | — | #2,030 |
| 1972 | 20 | — | #2,075 |
| 1971 | 23 | — | #1,914 |
| 1970 | 28 | — | #1,657 |
| 1969 | 27 | — | #1,601 |
| 1968 | 25 | — | #1,612 |
| 1967 | 35 | — | #1,286 |
| 1966 | 36 | — | #1,280 |
| 1965 | 28 | — | #1,481 |
| 1964 | 41 | — | #1,218 |
| 1963 | 52 | — | #1,068 |
| 1962 | 61 | — | #982 |
| 1961 | 53 | — | #1,077 |
| 1960 | 61 | — | #980 |
| 1959 | 81 | — | #842 |
| 1958 | 80 | — | #848 |
| 1957 | 54 | — | #1,040 |
| 1956 | 31 | — | #1,416 |
| 1955 | 28 | — | #1,482 |
| 1954 | 22 | — | #1,667 |
| 1953 | 17 | — | #1,955 |
| 1952 | 18 | — | #1,854 |
| 1951 | 17 | — | #1,901 |
| 1950 | 18 | — | #1,812 |
| 1949 | 22 | — | #1,614 |
| 1948 | 37 | — | #1,192 |
| 1947 | 52 | — | #998 |
| 1946 | 53 | — | #924 |
| 1945 | 47 | — | #953 |
| 1944 | 44 | — | #990 |
| 1943 | 44 | — | #1,017 |
| 1942 | 51 | — | #932 |
| 1941 | 39 | — | #1,050 |
| 1940 | 27 | — | #1,309 |
| 1939 | 30 | — | #1,218 |
| 1938 | 25 | — | #1,362 |
| 1937 | 23 | — | #1,439 |
| 1936 | 26 | — | #1,324 |
| 1935 | 26 | — | #1,352 |
| 1934 | 19 | — | #1,657 |
| 1933 | 13 | — | #2,089 |
| 1932 | 19 | — | #1,708 |
| 1931 | 26 | — | #1,389 |
| 1930 | 25 | — | #1,494 |
| 1929 | 9 | — | #2,974 |
| 1928 | 25 | — | #1,520 |
| 1927 | 12 | — | #2,520 |
| 1926 | 20 | — | #1,786 |
| 1925 | 20 | — | #1,800 |
| 1924 | 13 | — | #2,467 |
| 1923 | 10 | — | #2,933 |
| 1922 | 13 | — | #2,479 |
| 1921 | 19 | — | #1,900 |
| 1920 | 13 | — | #2,452 |
| 1919 | 14 | — | #2,261 |
| 1918 | 12 | — | #2,534 |
| 1917 | 10 | — | #2,722 |
| 1916 | 9 | — | #2,919 |
| 1915 | 8 | — | #3,065 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | #2,904 |
| 1912 | 8 | — | #2,039 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | #1,366 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | #1,226 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,172 |