Wallie comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning Wallie means "foreign ruler".
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How popular is Wallie?
1925peak year
Today, Wallie is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #10813), with only about 7 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1925, 14 babies were given the name (ranked #2311 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1920s. In all, around 419 babies have been registered as Wallie since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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