Recorded 2003–2021 Boys' name Peak 2008 41 births

Qays — boys' name

41 babies named Qays in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s172010s182020s6
2010s
Peak decade

44% of everyone ever named Qays was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

7 babies were named Qays in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Qays

The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Qays between 2003 and 2021, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Qays currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Qays performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Qays shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Qays 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 41 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.

Qays at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

41

Since 2003

19 years of records

Peak year

2008

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

2003

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 2021

Qays popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2003

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2008)
7
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 2021201620152011200820042003 5

Qays by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
18 births that decade — 44% of Qays's all-time total
2000s172010s182020s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Qays?
41 babies have been named Qays since 2003. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2008 with 7 births.
When was Qays most popular?
Qays was most popular in the 2010s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Qays been used?
Qays has been recorded in Social Security data since 2003, spanning 19 years of data through 2021.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2003–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.