How Many People Are Named Walid?
people named Walid are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 350,189 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,000 babies named Walid in Social Security records from 1969 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
38 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "newborn", derived from Arabic ولد (walada) "to give birth". This was the name of the Umayyad caliph who conquered Spain in the 8th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Walid in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Walid alive today is about 21 years old, and 73% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Walid first appears in the records in 1969 and was given most often in 2017, to 38 babies. In 2025, 18 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1969 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Walid has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,705, in 1998. In 2025 it ranked #5,380.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,380 |
| Best rank | #2,705 (1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,920 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Walid alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Walid were born in California than in any other state: about 44 of those alive today.
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