Masculine dossier · first seen 1951

Wali

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Wali
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2016

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1951Peak 20162024

Peak year

2016

Decline from peak

44.6%

2024

All-time

1,192

Wali has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2016, when 65 boys were named Wali.

In 2024, only 36 boys were given the name.

Down 44.6% from its peak.

All told, about 1,192 Americans have been named Wali and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1951.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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