Walfred

Popularity Trends

The name Walfred is the #7,512 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 227 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 2.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,359 (4.9% percentile) for all time with 227 births since 1912.

Walfred first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (first recorded for boys in 1912). Birth data for Walfred is available in 23 out of the 34 years between 1912 and 1945. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Walfred reached its peak popularity in 1920, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #521) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1912, with 33 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1945.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Walfred".

1912 1945 19121945

Key Statistics

Total Births

227

Peak Births

Peak Year

1920

First Recorded

1912

Peak Percentile

2.6%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#521

Current Rank

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Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Walfred", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Walfred.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Walfred's popularity from 1912 to 1948 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Walfred at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Walfred range from Olamae at 91.2% correlation to Bertine at 85.1% correlation, with an average correlation level of 87.4%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Duward with 305 births (100% boys) and the least popular is Libero with 97 births (100% boys).

Walfred's share of births peaked at 33.2 births per million for boys in 1920. It reached its lowest point of 3.6 births per million (11% of peak) in 1945. In 1945, the most recent period with data, the name Walfred had 3.6 births per million, 11% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Olamae

182

91.25% (very strong)

Theophil

202

89.36% (very strong)

Ludger

179

88.42% (very strong)

Othmar

188

88.20% (very strong)

Cuthbert

151

87.81% (very strong)

Duward

305

87.69% (very strong)

Orvill

224

86.83% (very strong)

Hymie

113

86.62% (very strong)

Libero

86.26% (very strong)

Alvilda

123

86.24% (very strong)

Lumir

160

85.42% (very strong)

Bertine

110

85.14% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Walfred

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Walfred. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Walfred is pronounced as WAWL-frehd, which has 2 syllables.

WAWL-frehd

100.0%

WAWL-frehd (2 syllables)

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W AO1 L F R EH0 D

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like W AO1 L F R EH0 D) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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