Sudais
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- soo-DAYS
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,686 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,764 for boys
Sudais is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 2,764th for boys in the US (46 babies).
What does Sudais mean?
Arabic
Associated with Abdul Rahman al-Sudais, a long-serving imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, known for his Qur'an recitation.
Is Sudais a girl's or a boy's name?
Sudais is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 46 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sudais in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,686th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Sudais, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 22 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sudais in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Sudais in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,639 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,290 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,511 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,278 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
How popular is Sudais in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,764th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 46 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 46 boys in the US were named Sudais, making it the 2,764th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 48 boys. It first appears in the records in 2009.
2025 had more boys named Sudais than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Sudais in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sudais in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #2,764 |
| 2024 | 34 | #3,392 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 48 | #2,596 |
| 2016 | 33 | #3,357 |
| 2015 | 42 | #2,808 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
Names like Sudais
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan, Zayan, Muhammad, Musa, Zayd, Arham, Rayyan, Hamza, Azaan, Umar, Abdullah, Zayyan
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, “Sudais: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sudais, updated 20 October 2026.