Qusay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- koo-SAY
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Qusay is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “little distant one”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Qusay mean?
Arabic: Arabic Qusayy
“little distant one”
Qusayy ibn Kilab, an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad, united the Quraysh tribe and took control of Mecca.
Is Qusay a girl's or a boy's name?
Qusay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Qusay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 78% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Qusay, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 9 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Qusay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
How popular is Qusay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 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, 14 boys in the US were named Qusay, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Qusay than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Qusay in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Qusay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
Names like Qusay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan Zayan Muhammad Musa Zayd Hamza Arham Umar Rayyan Azaan Zayyan Huzaifa
Names related to Qusay
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
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, “Qusay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/qusay, updated 20 October 2026.