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Wale

768births recorded
4Countries
2Variants
2015Peak · Sweden
#405Sweden 2025

Wale is a boy name family recorded 768 times in 4 countries since 1932. It ranks highest today in Sweden (#405 in 2025). Its all-time peak was in Sweden in 2015, at 29.2 births per 100,000. Elsewhere it is mostly given as Valle (Argentina, Sweden, Catalonia).

Popularity by country

Births per 100,000 newborns, all forms of the name combined.

Which form wins where

Births per 100,000 newborns for each form, in the selected country.

All forms of Wale

VariantsLanguageTotal birthsCountryLatest rankPeak year10-year trend
Valle Swedish 364 🇦🇷 Argentina – 1960 –
Valle Swedish 279 🇸🇪 Sweden #405 2015 ▼ 17 %
Valle Swedish 34 🇺🇸 United States – 1932 –
Valle Swedish 13 🇪🇸 Catalonia – 2009 –
Wale English 78 🇺🇸 United States – 2020 –

Names with a similar trajectory

Their popularity curve in Sweden correlates closely with Wale's.

  1. 1Edith
  2. 2Freya
  3. 3Laura
  4. 4Lovis
  5. 5Lily
  6. 6Nils

Questions about Wale

How popular is the name Wale?

In 2025 it ranked #405 in Sweden. Official registers record 768 births across 4 countries.

What is Wale in other languages?

Valle (Swedish).

When was Wale most popular?

It peaked in Sweden in 2015, at 29.2 births per 100,000.

Is Wale a boy or a girl name?

In official birth registers, Wale is a boy name.