Walid
Waleed or al-Waleed (الولید), also spelled al-Walid, Walid, Oualid, or Velid, is an Arabic-language masculine given name meaning newborn child.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Walid
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Waleed or al-Waleed (الولید), also spelled al-Walid, Walid, Oualid, or Velid, is an Arabic-language masculine given name meaning newborn child.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Walid
American parents first put Walid on the record books as a baby boy name in 1969, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2017, when 38 Walids were born — ranking #3,069 that year. About 26% of every Walid on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Walid ranks #4,684 for baby boys with 22 births, gradually falling (-12%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Walid
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Walid. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Oualid
- Waleed
Names that sound like Walid
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About the name Walid
Walid is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Walid's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #2,651. Use the chart and map above to compare Walid'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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