girls:
554 births since 1936
#5162 (10th percentile)
boys:
625 births since 1911
#3961 (14th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1911
#6561 (15th percentile)
The name Wallis is the #6,561 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,179 recorded births since 1911. This represents the 15.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,961 (13.6% percentile) for all time with 625 births since 1911. For girls, it ranks #5,162 (9.7% percentile) for all time with 554 births since 1936.
Wallis first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1911 (1911 for boys and 1936 for girls). Birth data for Wallis is available in 87 out of the 113 years between 1911 and 2023 (55 years for boys and 54 years for girls). 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.
The name Wallis is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Wallis were girls. Interestingly, until around 1941, the name was more popular for boys (80.7% boys from 1911 to 1940), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (66.5% girls from 1941 to 2023).
For boys, Wallis reached its peak popularity in 1940, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #504) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1911, with 25 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1977.
For girls, Wallis reached its peak popularity in 1937, achieving the 4.8% percentile (ranked #554) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 1937, with 30 births per million (ranked 4.8% percentile). Despite a peak around 2018, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Wallis ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 17.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Wallis".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Wallis. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Wallis is pronounced as WAW-lihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is WAH-lihs, at 40.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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