Waleed
Masculine · “newborn”
Waleed means a newborn. Arabic has a word for a child who has just arrived, and the name is that word — one of the very few names anywhere that describes exactly the moment it is given.
How old is the name Waleed?
Waleed first appears in US birth records in 1964 — 61 years ago. The typical Waleed alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 1,900 people named Waleed are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Waleed most popular?
Waleed peaked in 1975, reaching #1658 nationally. Today it ranks #3089, 1,431 places below that high. See the whole 1975 chart.
Lists built from the same records:
Where it comes from
From walid to Waleed
The story of Waleed
The root w-l-d is one of the most basic in Arabic and covers birth, parents and children together. Al-Walid was an Umayyad caliph in the early eighth century under whom the empire reached its greatest extent and the great mosque of Damascus was built, which fixed the name in wide use. It is common across the Arab world and in Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia, and it reaches United States records with families from all of them.
Meaning
newborn; a newly born child
Arabic walid comes from walada, 'to give birth', and it means a newborn or a young boy. The same root gives walid, a parent, and mawlid, a birth or a birthday — including the Prophet's, which is the Mawlid. The reading is documented and undisputed, and the name is unusual in describing the child's state at the moment of naming.
How the name formed
- walid
- Waleed
Related forms: Walid · Velid · Waleed · Walid
Pronouncing Waleed
wah-LEED
Two syllables with the stress on the second and a long ee. English speakers sometimes say WAH-leed, moving the stress forward, which flattens it.
Nicknames for Waleed
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1964
- Most boys named
- 200456 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1658reached in 1975
- Change vs 2024
- +11.4%39 in 2025, from 35
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Waleed in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Walid in Arabic — transliteration
- Velid in Turkish — spelling variant
- Waleed in Urdu — same name
- Walid in Malay — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, California, Illinois.
Waleeds among us
people named Waleed are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 43,797 born in 2025 was named Waleed
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jeanette test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Waleed's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jeanette climbed just as high around 1935, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jeanette's path sketches the road Waleed is walking now.
Waleed sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Waleed is headed
Waleed should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Waleed beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Waleed in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A meaning that describes exactly the occasion the name is given on.
- Six letters, no silent ones, and readable at first sight in English.
- Recognized across the whole Arabic-speaking world without explanation.
- Waleed and Walid are both standard transliterations and look different on paper.
- The English short form Wally carries a mild insult in British English.
- The stress falls at the end in Arabic and English speakers move it forward.
Nobody names a baby alone.
Put Waleed to the vote.
Add it to a family vote or a couple’s swipe deck — the other person gets one card, a simple answer and room to say why. No app, no account for them.
Only the people you invite can see your list.
Already decided on Waleed? Hide it among decoys and let them guess.
What they receive
Someone added a name to your list
Waleed
Masculine · #3089 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Waleeds are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,900 people named Waleed are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Waleed in 2025?
- Waleed ranks #3089 among US boy names in 2025, with 39 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Waleed?
- About 1 in every 43,797 US boys born in 2025 was named Waleed — 39 in all.
- Will my child share the name Waleed with classmates?
- Waleed will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Waleed
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Aadi#3089 · Wynston#3089 · Braelyn#3089 · Leopoldo#3089 · Zaedyn#3089 · Saxon#3089 · Rehan#3089 · Cree#3089
Looking for what else is popular rather than what resembles Waleed? See the current top 100.
Choosing between Waleed and another name?
See them side by side — full stats, history and a gentle verdict.
Compare side by sideIn a hurry? Just pick a winner — one tap, no sign-up, and you see how everyone else voted.
Weighing a whole shortlist? Add the rest in the builder, or settle it with a bracket.
Cast your vote
Which one would you pick?
Your gut first, the numbers after — the split shows once you pick.
US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
No advertising trackers and no data sellinghow we handle your dataindependent and founder-run, about Name Battle