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How popular is the name Waleed?

Births per year, rank history and how many Waleeds are alive today.

Waleed (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1153rd in 2025 and given to 25 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2011, when 35 babies were given the name, the 845th most popular that year. Waleed is one spelling of a name also recorded as Walid; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Waleed you are most likely to meet is around 19 years old. Half of all Waleeds born in England and Wales are between 10 and 26, and there are at least 1,200 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Waleed - on average, only one in every 253 such rooms contains a Waleed.

How many babies are named Waleed each year?

Includes all spellings: Waleed, Walid. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

02040200020201996: 261997: 371998: 261999: 342000: 392001: 282002: 342003: 362004: 442005: 412006: 432007: 442008: 462009: 332010: 382011: 532012: 402013: 332014: 292015: 282016: 372017: 382018: 302019: 352020: 302021: 242022: 252023: 322024: 262025: 29actual

Where does the Waleed spelling rank?

1101001,0002,000200020201996: ranked 8981997: ranked 6611998: ranked 1,0551999: ranked 8692000: ranked 7512001: ranked 9832002: ranked 9072003: ranked 9762004: ranked 7492005: ranked 9192006: ranked 9842007: ranked 1,1692008: ranked 8502009: ranked 1,2652010: ranked 1,2012011: ranked 8452012: ranked 1,1522013: ranked 1,1162014: ranked 1,2812015: ranked 1,5112016: ranked 9462017: ranked 1,0972018: ranked 1,0972019: ranked 1,3162020: ranked 1,1922021: ranked 1,2902022: ranked 1,4692023: ranked 1,4612024: ranked 1,5952025: ranked 1,153

Where does the Walid spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 1,2351997: ranked 1,1131998: ranked 1,0551999: ranked 9482000: ranked 9532001: ranked 1,2022002: ranked 1,0772003: ranked 1,0532004: ranked 1,2802005: ranked 1,1902006: ranked 1,0842007: ranked 1,0142008: ranked 1,5112009: ranked 1,5682010: ranked 1,4072011: ranked 1,3422012: ranked 1,4302013: ranked 2,0552014: ranked 2,2482015: ranked 1,9022016: ranked 3,0792017: ranked 1,9232018: ranked 3,4122019: ranked 1,5062020: ranked 2,4042021: ranked 3,9902022: ranked 2,5302023: ranked 1,6102024: ranked 2,2642025: ranked 4,275

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Waleed per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 53 in 2011
Waleed: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Waleed most popular?

Waleed peaked in 2011, when 53 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Waleed?

At least 1,200 people named Waleed in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Waleed?

Most living Waleeds are between 10 and 26; the most common age is about 19.

Is Waleed becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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