# Walt (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/walt/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /wɔːlt/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,634 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,634 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 48, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Clipping of Walter. The derogatory British sense is a reference to the fictional character Walter Mitty from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, a mild-mannered pushover who has wild fantasies about his life in various daring roles.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 5,189 |
| 2012 | 15 | 5,977 |
| 2013 | 19 | 4,967 |
| 2014 | 29 | 3,687 |
| 2015 | 21 | 4,699 |
| 2016 | 30 | 3,676 |
| 2017 | 29 | 3,766 |
| 2018 | 42 | 2,889 |
| 2019 | 35 | 3,342 |
| 2020 | 42 | 2,882 |
| 2021 | 43 | 2,916 |
| 2022 | 43 | 2,957 |
| 2023 | 45 | 2,844 |
| 2024 | 34 | 3,452 |
| 2025 | 35 | 3,376 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 12 | 1,869 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 沃爾特 /沃尔特
- Vietnamese: Oan

## People named Walt

- Walt Whitman Rostow, American economist, political theorist and government official (1916–2003)
- Walt Frazier, American basketball player (born 1945)
- Walt Dohrn, American animator
- Walt Bellamy, American basketball player (1939-2013)
- Walt Kelly, American cartoonist (1913-1973)
- Walt Davis, American basketball player (1931–2020)
- Walt Hazzard, American basketball player (1942-2011)
- Walt Becker, American actor and film director
- Walt Brown, American racing driver (1911-1951)
- Walt Kuhn, American painter (1877-1949)
- Walter Szczerbiak, American professional basketball player
- Walt Gorney, American actor (1912-2004)

## 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.