Rais
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- rah-EES
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Rais is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “chief; leader”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Rais mean?
Arabic: from rais
“chief; leader”
Is Rais a girl's or a boy's name?
Rais is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rais in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Rais, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2010, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rais in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Rais in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
Names like Rais
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Hassan Saif Fahad Awais Usman Habib Asad Samir Rabab Haseeb Azeem
Names related to Rais
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Rais: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rais, updated 20 October 2026.