Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

WaIl

Gender

Male

Origin

Arabic
coming back for shelter

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2005 (rank #3843, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #457, 109 births); most recent 2023 (rank #774, 54 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202354
202276
202178
2020109
201997
2018100
2017103
2016105
2015101
201499

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence