# Wallis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/wallis/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | “foreign” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwɒlɪs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,198 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 625 / 573 (48% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 92, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* (surname): The surname is an Old English byname for a Welshman or Breton, from Old French waleis (“foreign”). The Welsh hamlet may be derived from this.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 6 | 16,365 |
| 2012 | 7 | 14,895 |
| 2013 | 7 | 14,516 |
| 2014 | 8 | 13,003 |
| 2015 | 14 | 8,420 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,814 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12,661 |
| 2018 | 12 | 9,124 |
| 2019 | 6 | 15,439 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,383 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10,251 |
| 2022 | 20 | 6,211 |
| 2023 | 9 | 11,112 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,525 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,862 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 13 | 2,284 |
| 1954 | 6 | 3,810 |
| 1955 | 9 | 2,959 |
| 1956 | 8 | 3,207 |
| 1957 | 8 | 3,250 |
| 1958 | 8 | 3,264 |
| 1961 | 6 | 4,046 |
| 1962 | 10 | 2,845 |
| 1963 | 8 | 3,313 |
| 1966 | 6 | 3,935 |
| 1968 | 7 | 3,668 |
| 1969 | 5 | 5,018 |
| 1971 | 5 | 5,634 |
| 1972 | 6 | 4,974 |
| 1977 | 6 | 5,823 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 8 | 1,958 |
| 1998 | 9 | 1,823 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,770 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,783 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,725 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## People named Wallis

- Wallis Simpson, American socialite and wife of the Duke of Windsor (1896-1986)
- E. A. Wallis Budge, British academic (1857–1934)
- Wallis Day, English actress
- A. Wallis Myers, British sports journalist (1878–1939)
- King Vidor, American film director, film producer, and screenwriter (1894-1982)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.