Boys' name · since 1991
Owais
Owais has 433 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,597 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,057 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 433
- born since 1991
- 2020s
- peak decade
Owais currently ranks #3057 among boys' names in America, with 433 babies recorded since 1991.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Owais has been recorded 433 times among boys since 1991, currently ranked #3057 nationally and more common than 78% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #8,597 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,057 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 433 born since 1991
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Owais ranks #8,597 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,057 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 433 born since 1991, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,597 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,057 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 433
- born since 1991
- 2020s
- peak decade
Owais's 433 recorded births place it above 81.08% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Owais compares
433 Top 47% higher than 53% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Owais's all-time total is 17% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Owais | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 433 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 40 | 34 | 22,252 |
Owais's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Owais's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 74% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 26%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 40, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Owais popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 40
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Owais by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (176 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Owais's strongest decade.
176 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Owais births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
81 births
- 2010s
2010s
151 births
- 2020s
2020s
176 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 176 births (41% of all-time use).
Owais by state
Where Owais concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 23 | 5.3% |
| #2 | California | | 19 | 4.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 15 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 5 | 1.2% |
23 of 433 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Owais's data
- New York records the most Owaiss (23 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Owais: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1991–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Owais draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.