Waheed
Wahid or Waheed is an Arabic masculine given name, meaning "One", "Absolute One". Its feminine form is Wahida. Al-Wahid is one of the 99 names of Allah.
- Arabic
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Waheed
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Wahid or Waheed is an Arabic masculine given name, meaning "One", "Absolute One". Its feminine form is Wahida. Al-Wahid is one of the 99 names of Allah.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
The Story of Waheed
Waheed first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1978, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1990: 7 births, good for #6,415 nationwide. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 48% of all recorded Waheeds. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2007 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 52 Waheeds have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Waheed
Waheed is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 52 births in the dataset. Waheed's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #6,415. Use the chart and map above to compare Waheed's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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