Waleed

maleStatistical record

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

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

Waleed: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #661, and it stood at #1,153 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#661highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#898
1997	#661
1998	#1055
1999	#869
2000	#751
2001	#983
2002	#907
2003	#976
2004	#749
2005	#919
2006	#984
2007	#1169
2008	#850
2009	#1265
2010	#1201
2011	#845
2012	#1152
2013	#1116
2014	#1281
2015	#1511
2016	#946
2017	#1097
2018	#1097
2019	#1316
2020	#1192
2021	#1290
2022	#1469
2023	#1461
2024	#1595
2025	#1153

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2025.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

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

Waleed 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 Waleed in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	72	4 of 10	18
2000s	225	10 of 10	23
2010sbusiest	239	10 of 10	24
2020s	117	6 of 10	20

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 24 births a year.

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

Waleed 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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #661 in England and Wales in 1997.

Waleed'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
2025	England and Wales	male	#1153	25	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1595	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1469	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1290	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1192	22	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1316	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1097	25	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1097	26	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#946	31	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1511	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1281	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1116	23	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#845	35	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1201	21	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1265	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#850	32	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1169	20	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#984	23	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#919	24	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#749	30	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#976	19	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#907	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#983	16	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#751	23	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#869	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1055	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#661	25	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#898	16	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 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #661, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 35 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
30 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years30 to 39 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,153position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
35births registered in its largest year, 201125 to 49 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.

Cem · #661, 29y
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Amrita · #664, 30y
Chaya · #657, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abigael · #661, 26y
Annaleigh · #661, 19y
Carleigh · #661, 9y
Cem · #661, 29y

Waleed was ranked #661 in England and Wales · Boys in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Waleed 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 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Waleed without appearing here.

Waleed moved ahead of

Gary Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1316 and #1253 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1192 and #2076.
Murray Compare
In 2024 they stood at #1595 and #1282 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2025 that had become #1153 and #2014.
Brett Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1511 and #1380 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #946 and #1704.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1469 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #2160.

Moved ahead of Waleed

Lachlan Compare
In 1997 they stood at #661 and #678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1055 and #351.
Oskar Compare
In 1997 they stood at #661 and #759 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1055 and #502.
Cillian Compare
In 2008 they stood at #850 and #987 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1265 and #760.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1290 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1469 and #967.

Moved the opposite way to Waleed

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Waleed went from #661 to #1153 while Cooper went from #2022 to #105.

Moved the same way as Waleed

Brett Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Waleed went from #898 to #1595 and Brett from #159 to #4270.
Courtney Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Waleed went from #898 to #1595 and Courtney from #247 to #4270.
Erin Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Waleed went from #898 to #1595 and Erin from #2863 to #4270.
Grant Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Waleed went from #898 to #1595 and Grant from #128 to #4270.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #661 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Waleed

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Waleed by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Waleed at a glance

Waleed by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Names published alongside Waleed

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Waleed moved ahead of

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