Wali

maleStatistical record

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

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

Wali: Recorded since 1998, it reached #844 in 2022, and it stood at #1,093 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#844highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2025

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
2006	#3385
2008	#2775
2010	#3865
2011	#4647
2012	#4805
2013	#2954
2014	#2459
2015	#1380
2016	#1081
2017	#1398
2018	#1235
2019	#929
2020	#1379
2021	#1448
2022	#844
2023	#1175
2024	#1282
2025	#1093

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 19 of the 28 years from 1998 to 2025.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2025
Highest recorded position: #844 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1998–2025).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #1093 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Wali 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 Wali in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	10	2 of 10	5
2010s	138	10 of 10	14
2020sbusiest	144	6 of 10	24

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 24 births a year.

See the names England and Wales has recorded the most births with →

Wali appears in

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

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #844 in England and Wales in 2022.

Wali'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	#1093	27	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#1282	21	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1175	24	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#844	37	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1448	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1379	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#929	31	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1235	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1398	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1081	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1380	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	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.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2025, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #844, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 37 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
7 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#1,093position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
37births registered in its largest year, 202225 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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Waleed · #661, 30y
Walid · #353, 49y
Walker · #478, 17y

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.

Eleanora · #845, 20y
Lillie-May · #841, 20y
Everlyn · #840, 19y
Luna-Rose · #838, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Arslan · #845, 28y
Eleanora · #845, 20y
Nura · #845, 27y
Shyla · #845, 30y

Wali was ranked #844 in England and Wales · Boys in 2022. 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.

Abdurrahman#844
Alvey#844
Azlaan#844
Cezar#844
Arin#862
Ash#862
Dawid#862
Denzel#862

Wali 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 2,576 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Wali without appearing here.

Wali moved ahead of

Aria
In 2014 they stood at #4805 and #3039 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1380 and #4747.
Einar
In 2014 they stood at #4647 and #4647 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1380 and #4747.
Ada
In 2020 they stood at #4805 and #4805 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1448 and #4789.
Ole
In 2014 they stood at #2459 and #2459 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1380 and #3908.

Moved ahead of Wali

Leif
In 2022 they stood at #844 and #967 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1175 and #827.

Moved the opposite way to Wali

Aaron
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Wali went from #2901 to #1093 while Aaron went from #31 to #180.
Alan
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Wali went from #2901 to #1093 while Alan went from #196 to #539.
Alex
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Wali went from #2901 to #1093 while Alex went from #46 to #207.
Alexander
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Wali went from #2901 to #1093 while Alexander went from #19 to #40.

Moved the same way as Wali

Albie
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Wali went from #2901 to #1093 and Albie from #716 to #21.
Alfie
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Wali went from #2901 to #1093 and Alfie from #71 to #16.
Alfred
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Wali went from #2901 to #1093 and Alfred from #174 to #76.
Archie
Between 1998 and 2025 in England and Wales · Boys, Wali went from #2901 to #1093 and Archie from #120 to #11.

What is known about Wali

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 1 official registrar, 1998–2025.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #844 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Wali

Wali at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Wali by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Wali at a glance

Wali by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Wali appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Wali

Wali and the names beside it

Wali moved ahead of

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