Walter

Boy name

Walter ranks #160 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 12 places, 488 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #520 for cats.

Walter's popularity trend

Walter's share of Allegheny County's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs. Peak year by share: 2024.

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Year	Share
2025	0.061%
2024	0.07%
2023	0.064%
2022	0.061%
2021	0.058%
2020	0.058%
2019	0.059%
2018	0.046%
2017	0.048%
2016	0.042%
2015	0.035%
2014	0.033%
2013	0.027%
2012	0.023%
2011	0.016%
2010	0.015%
2009	0.017%
2008	0.012%
2007	0.015%

Licensed dogs in our data

488

across 12 places

Popularity rank

#160

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

2020 → 2025

Gender split

99% boys

1% girls99% boys

Where Walter shows up

Walter's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.


TorontoCanada	0.3%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.2%
SeattleUnited States of America	0.2%
AdelaideAustralia	0.1%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.1%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.1%
BurnsideAustralia	0.1%
Port Adelaide EnfieldAustralia	0.0%
WorcesterUnited States of America	0.0%
PlayfordAustralia	0.0%
Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.0%

Names like Walter

Wally Wallace Walker Waldo Wall-E Walt Wallie Walle Walden Waldorf Walley Buster

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