# Uwais (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/uwais/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Uways |
| US babies named this | 70 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 70 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 446, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Arabic أويس.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 13 | 6,609 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,600 |
| 2016 | 6 | 12,074 |
| 2018 | 6 | 12,044 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,830 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,909 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,763 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,684 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,641 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.