Waldo
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Waldo
Its jaunty o-ending makes this name more appealing than most of its Germanic brothers, and we hope we're beyond the constant response to his name being "Where's Waldo?" The weighty reputation of writer and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson adds a measure of backbone to the name.
In tribute to Ralph Waldo, many babies were given those two names, including Ralph (Waldo) Ellison, author of Invisible Man.
In popular culture, the young Robert Redford played the dashing titular character in The Great Waldo Pepper and Waldo Lydecker was a key character in the haunting classic film Laura.
Waldo is also given to girls.
Pronounced WAHL-doh.
As of October 2026, Waldo ranked #5080 in US births in 1921 SSA.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Waldo on lists
Famous Waldos
- Waldo Lonsbury SemonBoy
American inventor
- Waldo of ReichenauBoy
Frankish abbot and bishop
- Waldo Porter JohnsonBoy
U.S. Senator from Missouri
- Waldo David FrankBoy
American novelist
- Waldo de los RíosBoy
Argentine composer
- Waldo Miller SaltBoy
American screenwriter
- Ralph Waldo EmersonBoy
American author
- Ralph Waldo EllisonBoy
American novelist
Waldo in pop culture
- Waldo FaldoBoy
character on TV's "Family Matters" full name is Waldo Geraldo Faldo
- Waldo FarthingwaiteBoy
Jones, title character in "Waldo" by Robert A. Heinlein
- "The Great Waldo PepperBoy
" film and its main character
- Waldo Schaeffer aka Franz HopperBoy
character on French animated series "Code Lyoko"
- Uncle WaldoBoy
drunken goose in Disney's "The Aristocats"
- Waldo "Dustin" BrooksBoy
Yellow Ranger in "Power Rangers: Ninja Storm"
- "The Waldo Moment"Boy
episode of TV show Black Mirror