Qais

maleStatistical record

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

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

Qais: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,135 in 2001, and it stood at #1,675 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1135highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1458
1997	#1761
1998	#2419
1999	#1383
2000	#1703
2001	#1135
2002	#1411
2003	#1410
2004	#1222
2005	#1246
2006	#1545
2007	#1361
2008	#1511
2009	#1218
2010	#1551
2011	#2390
2012	#2117
2013	#1462
2014	#1630
2015	#2020
2016	#1804
2017	#1703
2018	#2693
2019	#3013
2020	#1935
2021	#2125
2022	#2320
2023	#2007
2024	#1675

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

FallingEngland 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 #1458 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: #1135 among boys in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1675 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Qais 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 Qais in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	27	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	134	10 of 10	13
2010s	114	10 of 10	11
2020s	56	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

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

Qais 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: #1135 in England and Wales in 2001.

Qais'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	#1675	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2320	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1703	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1462	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2117	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1551	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1218	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1511	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1246	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1222	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1410	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1135	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1703	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	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 #1,135, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 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 →
#1,675position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
20births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 25 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.

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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.

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Oakleigh · #1135, 19y
Sahir · #1135, 27y
Seher · #1135, 29y
Arie · #1132, 13y

Qais 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 Qais without appearing here.

Qais moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1675 and #5119.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2320 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #4107.
Kim Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2419 and #1367 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1383 and #2943.
Tayla Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2419 and #2074 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #1383 and #2943.

Moved ahead of Qais

Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1703 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2693 and #1382.
Harper Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1218 and #1425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1551 and #897.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1135 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1411 and #848.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1545 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1361 and #926.

Moved the same way as Qais

Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Qais went from #1458 to #2320 and Brent from #898 to #3449.
Tor Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Qais went from #1458 to #2320 and Tor from #2020 to #3449.
Shannon Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Qais went from #1458 to #3013 and Shannon from #1168 to #4702.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1135 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Qais at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Qais by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Qais at a glance

Qais by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Qais and the names beside it

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