Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Wali” in the USA?

Number of people named “Wali” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Wali” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Wali” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Wali” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Wali” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Wali” by birth year

This chart shows how “Wali” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1965 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 -100%
1968 6 0.000001776 6 -100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 -100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 -100%
1973 12 0.000003978 12 -100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 -100%
1975 37 0.000012254 37 -100%
1976 36 0.000011864 36 -100%
1977 25 0.00000787 25 -100%
1978 27 0.000008507 27 -100%
1979 18 0.00000541 18 -100%
1980 17 0.000004935 17 -100%
1981 14 0.000004047 14 -100%
1982 19 0.000005416 19 -100%
1983 17 0.000004909 17 -100%
1984 16 0.000004586 16 -100%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 -100%
1986 14 0.000003936 14 -100%
1987 17 0.000004715 17 -100%
1988 16 0.00000433 16 -100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
1990 12 0.000003036 12 -100%
1991 10 0.000002567 10 -100%
1992 18 0.000004686 18 -100%
1993 7 0.000001857 7 -100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 -100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 -100%
1996 11 0.000003016 11 -100%
1997 11 0.000003034 11 -100%
1998 16 0.00000435 16 -100%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 -100%
2000 9 0.000002381 9 -100%
2001 16 0.000004274 16 -100%
2002 16 0.00000428 16 -100%
2003 17 0.000004471 17 -100%
2004 13 0.000003402 13 -100%
2005 18 0.000004682 18 -100%
2006 23 0.000005814 23 -100%
2007 15 0.000003752 15 -100%
2008 20 0.000005088 20 -100%
2009 13 0.000003403 13 -100%
2010 15 0.000004059 15 -100%
2011 17 0.000004648 17 -100%
2012 17 0.000004648 17 -100%
2013 18 0.000004937 18 -100%
2014 24 0.000006475 24 -100%
2015 39 0.000010538 39 -100%
2016 65 0.000017717 65 -100%
2017 55 0.000015379 55 -100%
2018 49 0.000013937 49 -100%
2019 51 0.000014693 51 -100%
2020 52 0.000015566 52 -100%
2021 39 0.000011511 39 -100%
2022 45 0.000013301 45 -100%
2023 37 0.000011174 37 -100%
2024 36 0.000010816 36 -100%

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