Wael

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Wael: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Wael: Recorded since 2003, it reached #2,266 in 2019, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#2266highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2003–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2003	#3467
2004	#3651
2005	#2418
2007	#3589
2008	#3158
2009	#3744
2011	#4647
2012	#4805
2015	#2707
2016	#4023
2017	#3040
2018	#4749
2019	#2266
2020	#2960
2021	#3017
2022	#2755
2023	#4107
2024	#3254

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 18 of the 22 years from 2003 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2003–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2003
First recorded at #3467 among boys in England and Wales in 2003 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #2266 among boys in England and Wales, in 2019 (recorded 2003–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Wael by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Wael in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	25	6 of 10	4
2010s	35	7 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	29	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Wael appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2266 in England and Wales in 2019.

Wael's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2003 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,266, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
10 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2019Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Duarte · #2266, 15y
Indra · #2266, 22y
Kiril · #2266, 15y
Nooh · #2266, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Duarte · #2266, 15y
Kiril · #2266, 15y
Nooh · #2266, 17y
Obadiah · #2266, 16y

Wael and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Wael without appearing here.

Wael moved ahead of

Kim Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4805 and #4805 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2707 and #4747.
Morten Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4647 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2707 and #4747.
Tayla Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3744 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2707 and #4747.
Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3017 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #4789.

Moved ahead of Wael

Matheo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2266 and #2488 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #2076.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2003 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2266 in England and Wales in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Wael

Wael at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Wael by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Wael appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Wael and the names beside it

Wael moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Wael

Wael at a glance

Wael by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Wael appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Wael and the names beside it

Wael moved ahead of

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