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Baby name
Walter
Boy
Origin of the name
Walter is a Germanic name made of words meaning “to rule” and “army.” It is the same name as the French Gautier.
Classic name
631,172births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 11rank at its peak, in 1918
Where babies named Walter are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Walter is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Walter is most common in Mississippi (2 times), Pennsylvania (1.5) and Rhode Island (1.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Walker 47,914
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