Waleed
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- wa-LEED
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,220 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,088 for boys
Waleed is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “newborn child”. In 2025 it ranked 1,220th for boys in the UK (25 babies) and 3,088th for boys in the US (39 babies).
What does Waleed mean?
Arabic: spelling of Walid
“newborn child”
The celebrated early Muslim general Khalid ibn al-Walid was the son of a man named al-Walid.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Waleed a girl's or a boy's name?
Waleed is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the UK and 39 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Waleed in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,220among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were named Waleed, making it the 1,220th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,275th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 35 boys.
2025 had more boys named Waleed than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Waleed in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,153rd in England and Wales.
Waleed in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #1,220 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,507 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,501 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,341 |
| 2020 | 22 | #1,275 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2018 | 26 | #1,142 |
| 2017 | 27 | #1,141 |
| 2016 | 32 | #1,010 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,308 |
| 2013 | 24 | #1,178 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,199 |
| 2011 | 35 | #906 |
| 2010 | 22 | #1,245 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,340 |
| 2008 | 34 | #885 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,257 |
| 2006 | 25 | #1,008 |
| 2005 | 25 | #972 |
| 2004 | 31 | #796 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,046 |
| 2002 | 19 | #988 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,054 |
| 2000 | 24 | #785 |
| 1999 | 18 | #930 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,112 |
| 1997 | 25 | #716 |
| 1996 | 16 | #940 |
How popular is Waleed in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,088among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 39about 1 in 44,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 39 boys in the US were named Waleed, making it the 3,088th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,924th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 57 boys. It first appears in the records in 1964.
2025 had more boys named Waleed than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Waleed in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Waleed in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,088 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,345 |
| 2022 | 36 | #3,276 |
| 2021 | 31 | #3,579 |
| 2020 | 40 | #2,924 |
| 2019 | 36 | #3,198 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,671 |
| 2016 | 40 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2014 | 51 | #2,459 |
| 2013 | 49 | #2,490 |
| 2012 | 46 | #2,631 |
| 2011 | 41 | #2,851 |
| 2010 | 39 | #2,957 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2008 | 45 | #2,716 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 43 | #2,697 |
| 2005 | 47 | #2,429 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,098 |
| 2003 | 51 | #2,149 |
| 2002 | 46 | #2,245 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,023 |
| 2000 | 57 | #1,844 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,095 |
| 1998 | 51 | #1,896 |
| 1997 | 52 | #1,811 |
| 1996 | 48 | #1,868 |
| 1995 | 49 | #1,777 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,007 |
| 1993 | 33 | #2,290 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,462 |
| 1991 | 38 | #1,977 |
| 1990 | 32 | #2,209 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,286 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,598 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,292 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1982 | 24 | #2,165 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,780 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,657 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,463 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
Names like Waleed
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ahmed Abdullah Hamza Mustafa Musa Zayd Khalid Umar Fahad Amir Ibrahim
Names related to Waleed
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Waleed: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/waleed, updated 20 October 2026.