Qais
Boy · KAYS · Arabic
Qais is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies) and 2,883rd for boys in the US (43 babies).
What does Qais mean?
Arabic: spelling of Qays
Qays ibn al-Mulawwah was the poet who became the lovestruck Majnun of the Arabic romance Layla and Majnun.
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Is Qais a girl's or a boy's name?
Qais is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK and 43 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Qais in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,537among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Qais, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 21 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Qais than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Qais in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 55 boys in the UK were given Qais or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #646, up from #1,537 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Qais in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,493 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,654 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,254 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,547 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,458 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,267 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,239 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,418 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,252 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,149 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Qais in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,883among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 43about 1 in 40,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 43 boys in the US were named Qais, making it the 2,883rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had the most boys named Qais of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Qais in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 857 boys in the US were given Qais or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #388, up from #2,883 for this spelling alone.
Qais in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #2,883 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,710 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
Names like Qais
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd Muhammad Hamza Zayaan Zayan Musa Abdullah Umar Ahmed Saif Mustafa Musab
Other spellings of Qais
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