Waqas

maleStatistical record

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

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

Waqas: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #458, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#458highest recorded position
7groupings 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	#458
1997	#528
1998	#689
1999	#840
2000	#953
2001	#686
2002	#1128
2003	#1132
2004	#1498
2005	#2754
2006	#2282
2007	#3589
2008	#4432
2009	#3744
2014	#3362
2024	#5119

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 16 of the 29 years 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 #458 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: #458 among boys in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Waqas 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 Waqas in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	118	4 of 10	30
2000sbusiest	105	10 of 10	11
2010s	5	1 of 10	5
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

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

Waqas 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: #458 in England and Wales in 1996.

Waqas'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1498	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1132	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1128	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#686	26	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#953	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#840	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#689	24	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#528	34	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#458	41	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 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #458, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 41 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 years.

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 →
14 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
9 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
41births registered in its largest year, 199625 to 49 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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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.

Ella Rose · #458, 12y
Siyana · #460, 17y
Realtin · #464, 13y
Renley · #468, 11y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Jaya · #458, 29y
Leen · #458, 24y
Shayan · #458, 30y
Blaise · #459, 30y

Waqas was ranked #458 in England and Wales · Boys in 1996. 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.

Waqas 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 Waqas without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Waqas

Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3362 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #1460.
Isak Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2282 and #3385 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #1440.
Theodor Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2282 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #1440.
Leif Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2282 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3589 and #1578.

Moved the opposite way to Waqas

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Waqas went from #458 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Waqas went from #458 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Waqas went from #458 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Waqas went from #458 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Waqas

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Waqas went from #458 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Waqas went from #458 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Waqas went from #458 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Waqas went from #458 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #458 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Waqas

Waqas at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Waqas by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Waqas appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Waqas and the names beside it

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Waqas at a glance

Waqas by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Waqas appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Waqas

Waqas and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Waqas

Moved the opposite way to Waqas

Moved the same way as Waqas