Wael — #4936 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Wael

The Social Security Administration has registered 507 babies named Wael between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wael currently holds the #4936 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wael performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 153 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Wael shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Wael in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wael in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 507 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.