Meaning not yet researched.
Waldo: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 6 in 2025. Its best rank was #347 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #347 in 1881; #11,906 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Waldo in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#11,906 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #347.
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Waldo: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 6 boys in 2025. Peak: #347 in 1881 · most boys in one year: 174 (1915).
In 2025, 6 US boys were named Waldo, making it the 11,906th most common boys’ name of the year. Its best rank for boys was #347, reached in 1881. The most boys given the name in a single year was 174, in 1915. For comparison, it was #9,510 in 2015 and #1,179 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Waldo in 141 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 10 babies. In all, 5,722 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,361 babies named Waldo.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 52 US boys were named Waldo; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 11. In 2025 that was about 1 in 284,679 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
The open nickname list we use links it to Ossy and Ozzy.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
Waldo is listed as a nickname for Oswald.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 6 | #11,906 |
| 2021 | — | — | 10 | #8,126 |
| 2020 | — | — | 6 | #11,935 |
| 2019 | — | — | 10 | #8,173 |
| 2017 | — | — | 11 | #7,508 |
| 2016 | — | — | 9 | #8,768 |
| 2015 | — | — | 8 | #9,510 |
| 2014 | — | — | 5 | #13,966 |
| 2013 | — | — | 5 | #13,960 |
| 2012 | — | — | 8 | #9,664 |
| 2010 | — | — | 10 | #8,100 |
| 2009 | — | — | 12 | #7,210 |
| 2008 | — | — | 12 | #7,161 |
| 2007 | — | — | 10 | #8,138 |
| 2006 | — | — | 10 | #7,966 |
| 2005 | — | — | 8 | #9,062 |
| 2004 | — | — | 13 | #6,119 |
| 2003 | — | — | 14 | #5,541 |
| 2002 | — | — | 10 | #7,015 |
| 2001 | — | — | 12 | #5,993 |
| 2000 | — | — | 12 | #5,898 |
| 1999 | — | — | 13 | #5,306 |
| 1998 | — | — | 15 | #4,637 |
| 1997 | — | — | 17 | #4,049 |
| 1996 | — | — | 13 | #4,865 |
| 1995 | — | — | 15 | #4,266 |
| 1994 | — | — | 13 | #4,790 |
| 1993 | — | — | 13 | #4,685 |
| 1992 | — | — | 18 | #3,600 |
| 1991 | — | — | 19 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | — | — | 19 | #3,304 |
| 1989 | — | — | 29 | #2,353 |
| 1988 | — | — | 26 | #2,361 |
| 1987 | — | — | 16 | #3,194 |
| 1986 | — | — | 15 | #3,261 |
| 1985 | — | — | 18 | #2,824 |
| 1984 | — | — | 16 | #2,949 |
| 1983 | — | — | 24 | #2,204 |
| 1982 | — | — | 16 | #2,968 |
| 1981 | — | — | 13 | #3,407 |
| 1980 | — | — | 15 | #3,091 |
| 1979 | — | — | 19 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | — | — | 14 | #3,066 |
| 1977 | — | — | 18 | #2,551 |
| 1976 | — | — | 17 | #2,592 |
| 1975 | — | — | 10 | #3,652 |
| 1974 | — | — | 19 | #2,273 |
| 1973 | — | — | 13 | #2,853 |
| 1972 | — | — | 15 | #2,531 |
| 1971 | — | — | 19 | #2,200 |
| 1970 | — | — | 10 | #3,274 |
| 1969 | — | — | 24 | #1,724 |
| 1968 | — | — | 23 | #1,692 |
| 1967 | — | — | 17 | #1,969 |
| 1966 | — | — | 20 | #1,755 |
| 1965 | — | — | 26 | #1,555 |
| 1964 | — | — | 31 | #1,433 |
| 1963 | — | — | 43 | #1,194 |
| 1962 | — | — | 25 | #1,623 |
| 1961 | — | — | 38 | #1,300 |
| 1960 | — | — | 31 | #1,460 |
| 1959 | — | — | 29 | #1,499 |
| 1958 | — | — | 25 | #1,590 |
| 1957 | — | — | 30 | #1,454 |
| 1956 | — | — | 42 | #1,190 |
| 1955 | — | — | 38 | #1,238 |
| 1954 | — | — | 35 | #1,291 |
| 1953 | — | — | 41 | #1,169 |
| 1952 | — | — | 42 | #1,150 |
| 1951 | — | — | 38 | #1,193 |
| 1950 | — | — | 38 | #1,179 |
| 1949 | — | — | 28 | #1,406 |
| 1948 | — | — | 41 | #1,125 |
| 1947 | — | — | 47 | #1,063 |
| 1946 | — | — | 46 | #1,017 |
| 1945 | — | — | 38 | #1,055 |
| 1944 | — | — | 43 | #1,003 |
| 1943 | — | — | 58 | #884 |
| 1942 | — | — | 62 | #833 |
| 1941 | — | — | 51 | #896 |
| 1940 | — | — | 57 | #839 |
| 1939 | — | — | 66 | #743 |
| 1938 | — | — | 63 | #778 |
| 1937 | — | — | 63 | #779 |
| 1936 | — | — | 92 | #610 |
| 1935 | — | — | 70 | #738 |
| 1934 | — | — | 76 | #703 |
| 1933 | — | — | 85 | #631 |
| 1932 | — | — | 96 | #605 |
| 1931 | — | — | 95 | #610 |
| 1930 | — | — | 114 | #563 |
| 1929 | — | — | 116 | #549 |
| 1928 | — | — | 110 | #592 |
| 1927 | — | — | 124 | #557 |
| 1926 | — | — | 132 | #527 |
| 1925 | — | — | 121 | #565 |
| 1924 | — | — | 163 | #488 |
| 1923 | — | — | 139 | #517 |
| 1922 | — | — | 149 | #508 |
| 1921 | 6 | #5,080 | 153 | #499 |
| 1920 | — | — | 148 | #497 |
| 1919 | — | — | 124 | #537 |
| 1918 | — | — | 163 | #463 |
| 1917 | — | — | 164 | #442 |
| 1916 | — | — | 154 | #454 |
| 1915 | — | — | 174 | #407 |
| 1914 | — | — | 124 | #434 |
| 1913 | — | — | 116 | #400 |
| 1912 | — | — | 79 | #444 |
| 1911 | — | — | 44 | #445 |
| 1910 | — | — | 36 | #460 |
| 1909 | — | — | 17 | #676 |
| 1908 | — | — | 36 | #396 |
| 1907 | — | — | 27 | #455 |
| 1906 | — | — | 18 | #566 |
| 1905 | — | — | 24 | #462 |
| 1904 | — | — | 25 | #430 |
| 1903 | — | — | 22 | #448 |
| 1902 | — | — | 22 | #459 |
| 1901 | — | — | 15 | #534 |
| 1900 | — | — | 22 | #517 |
| 1899 | — | — | 24 | #383 |
| 1898 | — | — | 21 | #449 |
| 1897 | — | — | 22 | #409 |
| 1896 | — | — | 14 | #588 |
| 1895 | — | — | 20 | #455 |
| 1894 | — | — | 17 | #501 |
| 1893 | — | — | 19 | #433 |
| 1892 | — | — | 22 | #414 |
| 1891 | — | — | 15 | #474 |
| 1890 | — | — | 22 | #386 |
| 1889 | — | — | 18 | #445 |
| 1888 | — | — | 15 | #527 |
| 1887 | — | — | 14 | #486 |
| 1886 | — | — | 8 | #754 |
| 1885 | — | — | 17 | #460 |
| 1884 | — | — | 7 | #842 |
| 1883 | — | — | 6 | #883 |
| 1882 | — | — | 16 | #468 |
| 1881 | — | — | 23 | #347 |
| 1880 | — | — | 10 | #636 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).