Meaning and history
This name comes from the Old German elements walt, meaning “power” or “authority,” and mari, meaning “famous,” and it was also used as a translation of the Slavic cognate Vladimir.
20062006: 5 births, rank #12,055
2007: no US SSA record for this spelling
2008: 8 births, rank #9,019
2009: 8 births, rank #8,985
2010: 6 births, rank #10,766
20112011: no US SSA record for this spelling
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: 5 births, rank #12,136
2014: 5 births, rank #12,108
2015: no US SSA record for this spelling
20162016: 5 births, rank #12,185
2017: no US SSA record for this spelling
2018: no US SSA record for this spelling
2019: no US SSA record for this spelling
2020: no US SSA record for this spelling
20212021: no US SSA record for this spelling
2022: 5 births, rank #12,330
2023: no US SSA record for this spelling
2024: 5 births, rank #12,349
20252025: 5 births, rank #12,008
Waldemar moved from #932 to #984 for boys between 1917 and 1918. Its highest annual birth count came in 1915, with 50 births.