Owais

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Owais: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Owais: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #533 in 2001, and it stood at #1,108 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#533highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1997	#1345
1998	#1110
1999	#1082
2000	#953
2001	#533
2002	#671
2003	#795
2004	#678
2005	#726
2006	#574
2007	#764
2008	#593
2009	#563
2010	#721
2011	#767
2012	#748
2013	#954
2014	#781
2015	#873
2016	#818
2017	#1068
2018	#1194
2019	#1655
2020	#1379
2021	#888
2022	#1268
2023	#827
2024	#1108

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1235 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #533 among boys in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1108 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Owais by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Owais in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	44	4 of 10	11
2000sbusiest	376	10 of 10	38
2010s	333	10 of 10	33
2020s	138	5 of 10	28

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 38 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Owais appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #533 in England and Wales in 2001.

Owais's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1108	26	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#827	39	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1268	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#888	34	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1379	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1655	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1194	22	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1068	27	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#818	39	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#873	35	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#781	40	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#954	30	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#748	44	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#767	40	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#721	42	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#563	59	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#593	54	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#764	36	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#574	51	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#726	34	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#678	35	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#795	26	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#671	29	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#533	36	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#953	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1082	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1110	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1345	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #533, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 59 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,108position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
59births registered in its largest year, 200950 to 99 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Owi · #2018, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Mariya · #533, 29y
Sufyaan · #534, 29y
Loui · #535, 29y
Aditya · #538, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Mariya · #533, 29y
Romie · #533, 22y
Channon · #534, 9y
Cordelia · #532, 29y

Owais was ranked #533 in England and Wales · Boys in 2001. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Owais and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Owais without appearing here.

Owais moved ahead of

Calum Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1379 and #1192 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #888 and #1984.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #953 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #533 and #1595.
Jon Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1379 and #1273 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #888 and #1688.
Gary Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1655 and #1253 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1379 and #2076.

Moved ahead of Owais

Mathias Compare
In 2016 they stood at #818 and #928 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1068 and #709.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #888 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1268 and #967.
Cooper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #574 and #677 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #764 and #509.
Hudson Compare
In 2006 they stood at #574 and #885 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #764 and #538.

Moved the opposite way to Owais

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Owais went from #574 to #1108 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.
Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Owais went from #764 to #1108 while Matheo went from #4333 to #1517.
Ashleigh Compare
Between 1996 and 2009 in England and Wales · Boys, Owais went from #1235 to #563 while Ashleigh went from #402 to #3227.

Moved the same way as Owais

Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Owais went from #671 to #1108 and Espen from #3225 to #5119.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #533 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Owais

Owais at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Owais by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Owais at a glance

Owais by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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