Wally
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Wally
Wally as a feminine name represents an uncommon usage of what is traditionally a masculine nickname. Typically, Wally serves as a diminutive of Walter (meaning 'ruler of the army') or Wallace ('Welshman' or 'foreigner'). For girls, it occasionally functions as a nickname for names like Wallis or Walburga. The feminine usage gained some recognition after American socialite Wallis Simpson, for whom King Edward VIII abdicated the British throne. The name has a casual, friendly quality with a somewhat vintage appeal. While never widely popular for girls, Wally offers a tomboyish option that contrasts with more traditionally feminine names. Its rarity as a feminine name makes it distinctive, appealing to parents seeking uncommon gender-neutral options with historical connections.
Wally for boys#5838 US
A Leave It to Beaver/old comic-strip name, vacationing for years with the Griswolds in WallyWorld, but now back as WALL-E?
Pronounced WAL-ee.
As of October 2026, Wally ranked #5735 in US births in 1954 SSA, peaked at #1450 in 1937.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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- Wallace Wade "Wally" MoonBoy
American baseball player
- Walter Clement "Wally" PippBoy
American baseball player
- Wally LemmBoy
American NFL football coach
- Wallace Perry "Wally" WolfBoy
American Olympic swimmer
- Wally MasurBoy
Australian tennis player
- Walter Robert "Wally" SzczerbiakBoy
American basketball player
- Wallace E. "Wally" WingertBoy
American actor and voice actor
Wally in pop culture
- Wallace "Wally" CleaverBoy
brother on TV's "Leave It To Beaver"
- WallyBoy
mascot of WallyWorld, amusement park in film "National Lampoon's Vacation"
- Wallace Rudolph "Wally" West aka Kid Flash and The FlashBoy
DC comics superhero
- Wallabee "Wally" Beatles aka Numbah FourBoy
character on animated series "Codename: Kids Next Door"
- WallyBoy
lazy engineer in comic strip "Dilbert"
- WallyBoy
character in the Pokémon video game series
- Wallace "Wally" Fitzgerald McGillicuttyBoy
polar bear in webcomic "Wally and Osborne"
- Where's Wally? same as/British version of Where's Waldo?Boy
children's book series by Martin Handford
- "WallBoy
E," 2008 Pixar film about the title robot
- Wally WarblesBoy
fictional character in the 2017 video game "Cuphead"
- WallyWorldBoy
nickname for Wal,Mart
- WallyBoy
character in the Papa Louie's game series
Variations & nicknames
- WallieBoy