WALTER is ranked as the 149th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 426,449.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 133.74 people named WALTER for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 86% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named WALTER is 267,922.
The SSA data also shows that WALTER is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
WALTER is
78.5% White,
5.5% Hispanic origin,
12.4% Black,
1.6% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name WALTER have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name WALTER is included in the following name categories:
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
German Common surname
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Polish masculine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name WALTER
The state with the most people named
WALTER is
California where
50,154 people have this name.
North Carolina is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named WALTER, as
208.5 in every 100,000
North Carolinians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Florida.
North Carolina is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Utah
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name WALTER
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
12,754
99.02
99.6%
Indiana
5,160
78.21
99.1%
Iowa
3,410
109.75
99.2%
Kansas
1,864
64.17
98.0%
Michigan
18,191
183.57
99.8%
Minnesota
6,412
117.51
99.5%
Missouri
3,344
111.68
99.0%
Nebraska
1,169
62.16
97.2%
North Dakota
354
47.85
92.6%
Ohio
9,108
78.55
99.4%
South Dakota
336
39.39
92.3%
Wisconsin
8,236
143.04
99.6%
West States
State stats for the first name WALTER
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
717
97.29
95.5%
Arizona
5,457
81.07
99.1%
California
50,154
129.25
99.9%
Colorado
2,971
55.48
98.7%
Hawaii
2,113
148.86
99.5%
Idaho
859
52.55
96.7%
Montana
635
62.08
95.5%
Nevada
2,091
73.65
98.5%
New Mexico
1,261
60.45
97.0%
Oregon
3,105
78.21
98.8%
Utah
986
33.49
97.0%
Washington
9,949
140.89
99.7%
Wyoming
317
54.27
93.0%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name WALTER
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
4,058
112.83
99.2%
Maine
1,375
103.39
97.3%
Massachusetts
7,565
112.16
99.4%
New Hampshire
1,542
116.2
97.9%
New Jersey
11,592
129.69
99.7%
New York
37,282
188.8
99.9%
Pennsylvania
15,235
119.14
99.6%
Rhode Island
1,130
107.11
97.9%
Vermont
945
150.78
98.3%
South States
State stats for the first name WALTER
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have WALTER as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named WALTER.
The most popular full name is WALTER Smith.
0.89% of all the people named WALTER
have this family name.
There are 32845 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name WALTER