Raees
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ra-EES
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #773 for boys
Raees is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “chief, leader”. In 2025 it ranked 773rd for boys in the UK (49 babies).
What does Raees mean?
Arabic: from ra'is
“chief, leader”
From the Arabic ra'is, head or chief, a word also used for presidents and captains.
Is Raees a girl's or a boy's name?
Raees is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 49 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raees in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 773rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 49 about 1 in 6,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 49 boys in the UK were named Raees, making it the 773rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 778th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 60 boys.
2025 had more boys named Raees than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Raees in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 716th in England and Wales.
Raees in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #773 |
| 2024 | 39 | #881 |
| 2023 | 32 | #1,028 |
| 2022 | 33 | #998 |
| 2021 | 43 | #832 |
| 2020 | 45 | #778 |
| 2019 | 60 | #656 |
| 2018 | 50 | #755 |
| 2017 | 58 | #675 |
| 2016 | 50 | #753 |
| 2015 | 30 | #1,046 |
| 2014 | 27 | #1,106 |
| 2013 | 31 | #1,002 |
| 2012 | 35 | #941 |
| 2011 | 31 | #993 |
| 2010 | 36 | #883 |
| 2009 | 31 | #956 |
| 2008 | 28 | #1,020 |
| 2007 | 44 | #710 |
| 2006 | 29 | #914 |
| 2005 | 46 | #632 |
| 2004 | 48 | #592 |
| 2003 | 34 | #700 |
| 2002 | 33 | #658 |
| 2001 | 27 | #728 |
| 2000 | 26 | #743 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,001 |
| 1998 | 18 | #906 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,025 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,083 |
Names like Raees
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Ahmed, Abdullah, Raheem, Musa, Rayyan, Zayaan, Umar, Zayan, Zayd, Mustafa, Rafi
Names related to Raees
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Raees: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raees, updated 20 October 2026.