Awais — #12851 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Awais

The Social Security Administration has registered 133 babies named Awais between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Awais currently holds the #12851 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Awais performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Awais shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Awais in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Awais in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 133 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.