Waller
Waller is a given name. People named Waller:Waller Bacon, British lawyer and Whig politician Waller Thomas Burns (1858–1917), United States district judge Waller C.
Meaning & Origin of Waller
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Waller is a given name. People named Waller:Waller Bacon, British lawyer and Whig politician Waller Thomas Burns (1858–1917), United States district judge Waller C.
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The Story of Waller
American parents first put Waller on the record books as a baby boy name in 1913, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1921, when 15 Wallers were born — ranking #2,153 that year. About 41% of every Waller on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Waller last appeared in the published SSA data in 1964, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 225 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Waller
Waller is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 225 births in the dataset. Waller's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #2,153. Use the chart and map above to compare Waller's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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