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, its highest recorded position is #844, and it stood at #1,282 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#844highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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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

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

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 18 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

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 recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #844 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1282 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
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	117	5 of 10	23

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 23 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas 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.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. 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
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.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 18 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 →
15 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 →
#1,282position in 2024, 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, 29y
Walid · #353, 48y
Walker · #478, 16y

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.

Lillie-May · #841, 19y
Everlyn · #840, 18y
Luna-Rose · #838, 13y
Sanaya · #852, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Arslan · #845, 27y
Shyla · #845, 29y
Abigaile · #842, 13y
Anneliese · #842, 29y

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.

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 2,573 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 Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4805 and #3039 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1380 and #4747.
Einar Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4647 and #4647 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1380 and #4747.
Ada Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4805 and #4805 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1448 and #4789.
Ole Compare
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 Compare
In 2022 they stood at #844 and #967 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1175 and #827.
Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1175 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1282 and #1132.

Moved the opposite way to Wali

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wali went from #2901 to #1282 while Aaron went from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wali went from #2901 to #1282 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wali went from #2901 to #1282 while Alan went from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wali went from #2901 to #1282 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Wali

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wali went from #2901 to #1282 and Albie from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wali went from #2901 to #1282 and Alfie from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wali went from #2901 to #1282 and Alfred from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Wali went from #2901 to #1282 and Archie from #120 to #10.

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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 1998 to 2024. 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

Wali appears in

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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

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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

Moved ahead of Wali

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