NameTides

Wali

Wali was the #2,421 boys' name in the US in 2025 (56 babies), and #1,093 in England & Wales and #981 in Canada.

Wali as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Wali as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Wali as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#2,421 (56)#1,093 (27)—#981 (26)
2024#3,272 (36)#1,282 (21)—#2,062 (9)
2023#3,228 (37)#1,175 (24)#728 (3)#1,192 (18)
2022#2,830 (45)#844 (37)#703 (3)#1,178 (18)
2021#3,074 (39)#1,448 (17)—#1,342 (15)
2020#2,467 (52)#1,379 (18)—#1,071 (20)
2019#2,556 (51)#929 (31)—#819 (29)
2018#2,579 (49)#1,235 (21)—#1,093 (19)
2017#2,345 (55)#1,398 (18)—#1,038 (21)
2016#2,134 (65)#1,081 (26)—#833 (29)
2015#2,966 (39)#1,380 (18)—#1,204 (16)
2014#4,138 (24)#2,459 (8)—#1,778 (9)
2013#4,981 (18)#2,954 (6)——
2012#5,256 (17)#4,805 (3)—#1,971 (8)
2011#5,200 (17)#4,647 (3)—#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #2,134.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1951.

How common is it?

about 1 in 30,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 10,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Wali is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 34,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 24,000 to 1 in 49,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Wali by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,908TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Wali (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2178

Wali (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
WaliCanadaBoys#98126
WaliEngland & WalesBoys#1,09327
WaliNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
WaliScotlandBoys—too few
WaliUSBoys#2,42156