Wallen

Popularity Trends

The name Wallen is the #7,653 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 86 recorded births since 1942. This represents the 1.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,500 (1.8% percentile) for all time with 86 births since 1942.

Wallen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1942 (first recorded for boys in 1942). Birth data for Wallen is available in 5 out of the 82 years between 1942 and 2023. 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, Wallen reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #900) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Wallen is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #889 (2.4% percentile) with 15 births per million.

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

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Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

2022

First Recorded

1942

Peak Percentile

2.6%

Current Percentile

2.4%

Peak Rank

#900

Current Rank

#889

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Wallen", 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 Wallen.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Wallen's popularity from 2021 to 2023 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. For less common names, correlations may be less meaningful because we only have data for years in which at least 5 births of the same gender were recorded.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Wallen 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 Wallen range from Ozais at 97.8% correlation to Kaiyani at 97.3% correlation, with an average correlation level of 97.6%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Telani with 31 births (100% girls) and the least popular is Renni with 18 births (100% girls).

Wallen's share of births peaked at 15.5 births per million for boys in 2022. It reached its lowest point of 3.5 births per million (23% of peak) in 1942. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Wallen had 14.7 births per million, 95% of its peak popularity.

97.76% (very strong)

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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 Wallen

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Wallen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 87.2% confident that Wallen is pronounced as WAW-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is WAH-luhn, at 12.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.

WAW-luhn

87.2%

WAH-luhn

12.8%

WAW-luhn (2 syllables)

Verified

87.2% confidence

W AO1 L AH0 N

WAH-luhn (2 syllables)

12.8% confidence

W AA1 L AH0 N

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

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 AH0 N) 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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