Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Wali

#4,188 most common boys' name of all time · #10,270 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1951–2025

Rank among boys
#4,188
Rank overall
#10,270 of 105,966
First appeared
1951
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
1,248
Since 2016
485
Peak year
2016 #2,138
Best rank
#1,470 1975
Girls Boys peak 65/yr
1960198020002020

Wali first appears in 1951. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 56 56 #2,432
2024 — 36 36 #3,295
2023 — 37 37 #3,246
2022 — 45 45 #2,842
2021 — 39 39 #3,084
2020 — 52 52 #2,486
2019 — 51 51 #2,564
2018 — 49 49 #2,597
2017 — 55 55 #2,361
2016 — 65 65 #2,138
2015 — 39 39 #2,990
2014 — 24 24 #4,170
2013 — 18 18 #5,026
2012 — 17 17 #5,316
2011 — 17 17 #5,268
2010 — 15 15 #5,820
2009 — 13 13 #6,504
2008 — 20 20 #4,763
2007 — 15 15 #5,710
2006 — 23 23 #4,132
2005 — 18 18 #4,676
2004 — 13 13 #5,888
2003 — 17 17 #4,676
2002 — 16 16 #4,749
2001 — 16 16 #4,732
2000 — 9 9 #6,975
1999 — 9 9 #6,656
1998 — 16 16 #4,258
1997 — 11 11 #5,392
1996 — 11 11 #5,288
1995 — 12 12 #4,898
1994 — 10 10 #5,589
1993 — 7 7 #7,045
1992 — 18 18 #3,507
1991 — 10 10 #5,240
1990 — 12 12 #4,506
1989 — 6 6 #7,270
1988 — 16 16 #3,269
1987 — 17 17 #3,002
1986 — 14 14 #3,350
1985 — 11 11 #3,923
1984 — 16 16 #2,887
1983 — 17 17 #2,732
1982 — 19 19 #2,559
1981 — 14 14 #3,133
1980 — 17 17 #2,789
1979 — 18 18 #2,617
1978 — 27 27 #1,892
1977 — 25 25 #1,987
1976 — 36 36 #1,530
1975 — 37 37 #1,470
1974 — 6 6 #4,922
1973 — 12 12 #2,960
1972 — 11 11 #3,103
1969 — 5 5 #4,770
1968 — 6 6 #3,983
1967 — 7 7 #3,478
1966 — 6 6 #3,840
1965 — 9 9 #2,950
1951 — 5 5 #4,251