Walid

maleStatistical record

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

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

Walid: Recorded since 1966, it reached #353 in 2000, and it stood at #2,263 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
65times a registrar ranked it
59years from first to last
#353highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1997	#1113
1998	#1055
1999	#948
2000	#953
2001	#1202
2002	#1077
2003	#1053
2004	#1280
2005	#1190
2006	#1084
2007	#1014
2008	#1511
2009	#1568
2010	#1407
2011	#1342
2012	#1430
2013	#2055
2014	#2248
2015	#1902
2016	#3079
2017	#1923
2018	#3412
2019	#1506
2020	#2404
2021	#3990
2022	#2529
2023	#1610
2024	#2263

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 Norway in 35 of the 52 years from 1966 to 2017.

In 2023: #770 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1610 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1966–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #557 among boys in Norway in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1966–2017
Highest recorded position: #353 among boys in Norway, in 2000 (recorded 1966–2017).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2263 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Walid appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 35 years beginning in 1966, and has registered 204 births with the name.

Walid across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Walid's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#557 (1966)	#353 (2000)	#518 (2017)	35 of 52	204 (1966–2017)	13 (1982)
England and Wales · Boys	#1235 (1996)	#948 (1999)	#2263 (2024)	29 of 29	381 (1996–2024)	24 (2007)

Walid by decade in Norway · 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 Walid in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	9	2 of 10	5
1970s	22	4 of 10	6
1980sbusiest	65	9 of 10	7
1990s	33	7 of 10	5
2000s	52	8 of 10	7
2010s	23	5 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Walid appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1966 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #353 in Norway in 2000.

Walid'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	#2263	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1506	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1902	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1430	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1342	18	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1407	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1568	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1511	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1014	24	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1084	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1190	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1280	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1053	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1077	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1202	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#953	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#948	16	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1055	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1113	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#518	4	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#508	5	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#544	4	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#521	5	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#528	5	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#444	8	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#577	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#539	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#535	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#482	6	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#426	7	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#481	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#353	11	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#535	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#604	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#603	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#564	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#488	7	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#628	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#643	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#607	5	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#614	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#604	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#606	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#428	10	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#566	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#359	13	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#524	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#447	9	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#595	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#631	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#449	9	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#639	4	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#517	5	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#557	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1966 and 2024, ranked in 48 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #353, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 57 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Waleed · #661, 29y
Wali · #844, 18y
Walker · #478, 16y
Wallace · #535, 20y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Constantin · #353, 47y
Valentin · #352, 51y
Dalia · #355, 51y
Corinne · #358, 44y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Constantin · #353, 47y
Phuong · #353, 34y
Abdulkadir · #354, 48y
Amer · #354, 48y

Walid was ranked #353 in Norway · Boys in 2000. 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.

Walid 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 Walid without appearing here.

Walid moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3990 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1610 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2529 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1610 and #4107.
Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3412 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2404 and #4608.

Moved ahead of Walid

Henrik Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1902 and #2020 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #3079 and #1704.
Braxton Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1342 and #1398 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1430 and #569.
Leif Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1506 and #2104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2404 and #1548.
Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #1460.

Moved the opposite way to Walid

Liam Compare
Between 1982 and 2017 in Norway · Boys, Walid went from #359 to #518 while Liam went from #586 to #9.
Nathan Compare
Between 1982 and 2017 in Norway · Boys, Walid went from #359 to #518 while Nathan went from #633 to #236.
Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Walid went from #1235 to #2263 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Walid went from #1235 to #2263 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.

Moved the same way as Walid

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Walid went from #1235 to #2263 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Walid went from #1235 to #2263 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Walid went from #1235 to #2263 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Walid went from #1235 to #2263 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1966 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #353 in Norway in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Walid

Walid at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Walid across 2 official records

Walid by decade in Norway · Boys

Walid appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Walid

Walid and the names beside it

Walid moved ahead of

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Walid at a glance

Walid across 2 official records

Walid by decade in Norway · Boys

Walid appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Walid

Walid and the names beside it

Walid moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Walid

Moved the opposite way to Walid

Moved the same way as Walid