Is Wallis a boy or girl name?

Wallis is a unisex name. Of the 1,198 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 47.8% were girls and 52.2% were boys. It changed hands in 1953, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Wallis

Recorded 1911–2025 · United States

Wallis was most popular in 1937, when 50 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,795 that year. In 2025 it ranked #18,449, with 8 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,198 people named Wallis.

Wallis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Wallis’s peak in 1937. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Wallis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Wallis is a unisex name — 47.8% of the 1,198 Americans given it were girls and 52.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 1953 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org