Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Wallie isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wallie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 419
- 362 boys · 57 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 290 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 66,629 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Wallie’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Wallie, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Willie
“will” · “desire”
98% boys · 2% girls
Walton
“from the walled town; from the stream town”
>99% boys
Wallace
“foreign, Celtic” · “a Welshman; a man from the south”
98% boys · 2% girls
Wilbert
“one who is willful; a bright man”
>99% boys
Warner
“of the defending army”
98% boys · 2% girls
Wilton
“from the town on the river”
>99% boys
Johnie
85% boys · 15% girls
Willis
“will” · “desire”
>99% boys