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Waleed

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Waleed is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 35 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
350.00% of boys
Peak year
200057 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1964
1,870people given the name
Babies named Waleed, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,870 boys have been named Waleed in the United States since 1964, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 57 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2002, and the 2000s alone account for 25%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Waleed
1960s15
1970s163
1980s203
1990s418
2000s471
2010s423
2020s177

In 2000, its biggest year

Waleed was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2000 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2000.

Names that rose and fell with Waleed

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.