Awais
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-WAYS
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Awais is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Awais mean?
Arabic: South Asian spelling of Uways
Uways al-Qarani, a 7th-century Yemeni ascetic revered in Sufism, bore the name in its Arabic form.
Is Awais a girl's or a boy's name?
Awais is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Awais in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Awais, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 85 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Awais than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Awais in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Awais in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,639 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,227 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,309 |
| 2015 | 25 | #1,167 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 28 | #1,069 |
| 2012 | 33 | #979 |
| 2011 | 26 | #1,095 |
| 2010 | 25 | #1,149 |
| 2009 | 38 | #839 |
| 2008 | 47 | #717 |
| 2007 | 71 | #516 |
| 2006 | 76 | #470 |
| 2005 | 74 | #441 |
| 2004 | 77 | #403 |
| 2003 | 85 | #355 |
| 2002 | 77 | #367 |
| 2001 | 82 | #356 |
| 2000 | 64 | #401 |
| 1999 | 59 | #417 |
| 1998 | 46 | #492 |
| 1997 | 54 | #437 |
| 1996 | 52 | #427 |
How popular is Awais in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Awais, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2002, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had more boys named Awais than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Awais in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Awais in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
Names like Awais
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Ahmed Abdullah Muhammad Abdur Azeem Ahad Fahad Azaan Umar Amir Saif
Names related to Awais
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Awais: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/awais, updated 20 October 2026.