Dante vs Waleed
Dante and Waleedcompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
England and Wales · Boys
In 2025, Dante was ranked #462 and Waleed #1153 among boys in England and Wales.
Dante and Waleed over time
Dante and Waleed appear together in 1 published list, across 30 years of shared records. Dante held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Waleed in 0.
The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.
Waleed reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Dante in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Longest-running competitions
Dante and Waleed were both ranked in England and Wales · Boys for 30 years, from 1996 to 2025, ending at #462 and #1153.
List by list
England and Wales · Boys30 shared years, 1996–2025
Dante held the stronger position in 28 of those years, Waleed in 1.
Highest recorded here: Dante #324 in 2006, Waleed #661 in 1997.
The order changed in 1998: Dante moved ahead. In 1997 they stood at #661 and #661; by 1998 that had become #462 and #1055.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Dante #462, Waleed #1153.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Dante | Waleed |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | male | male |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE | GB-ENW |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Boys #462 (2025) | England and Wales · Boys #1153 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 100/100 | 40/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Dante and Waleed both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW.
How each name got here
Dante
Popularity journey
First recorded1996
First recorded at #1168 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2025
Highest recorded position: #324 among boys in England and Wales, in 2006 (recorded 1996–2025).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #462 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys
Waleed
Popularity journey
First recorded1996
First recorded at #898 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2025
Highest recorded position: #661 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2025).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #1153 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys