Wali is a distinctive choice, ranked #1282 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Wali in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1282
About the Name Wali
Wali is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 97 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #844 in 2022 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 1998.
Wali is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Wali
Unlikely. With around 21 UK babies named Wali per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Wali in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Wali is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 97 places over the last five years to #1282 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Wali is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Wali include: Wali Rahmani (influencer) — Wali Rahmani is an Indian Muslim influencer, political analyst, lawyer, and activist.; Wali Mohammed Wali — Wali Muhammad Wali, also known as Wali Dakhani, Wali Gujarati, and Wali Aurangabadi, was a classical Urdu poet from the Indian subcontinent.; Hussain Shah Wali — Hussain Shah Wali was a sufi saint of Golkonda, during the reign of Qutb Shahi dynasty..
Wali does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Walis in the wild.
21
UK babies named Wali (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 97 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Wali
Likely around 1 other Wali in the class
UK Popularity (1998–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Wali
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Wali Muhammad Wali, also known as Wali Dakhani, Wali Gujarati, and Wali Aurangabadi, was a classical Urdu poet from the Indian subcontinent. He is considered by many scholars to be the father of Urdu poetry, being the first established poet to have composed ghazals in the Urdu language and compiled a divan (a collection of ghazals where the entire alphabet is used at least once as the last letter to define the rhyme pattern).
Hussain Shah Wali was a sufi saint of Golkonda, during the reign of Qutb Shahi dynasty. He is credited with building the Hussain Sagar at Hyderabad in the year 1562.
Ahmad Wali (Pashto/Dari: احمد ولی) is an Afghan Ghazal singer. He began his career in the 1970s, becoming popular in his native country before he was forced to flee by political upheaval in Afghanistan.
Shāh Ni'matullāh Wali (Persian: شاه نعمتالله ولی, romanized: Shāh Ne'matollāh-e Valī; Arabic: نعمة الله ولي), was a Persian Sufi master and spiritual leader of the Ni'matullahi order in Iran from the 14th and 15th centuries. He is revered by Sunni Islam as a saint and by the Ni'matullāhī tariqa, who consider him their founder.