Recorded 2012–2023 Boys' name Peak 2012 62 births

Uwais — boys' name

62 babies named Uwais in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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2010s
Peak decade

68% of everyone ever named Uwais was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

13 babies were named Uwais in 2012 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Uwais

The Social Security Administration has registered 62 babies named Uwais between 2012 and 2023, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Uwais currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Uwais performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Uwais shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Uwais 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 62 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.

Uwais at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

62

Since 2012

12 years of records

Peak year

2012

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

2012

Recorded for 12 years

Last year on file: 2023

Uwais popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2012

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2012)
13
Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
468101214 20232022202020192018201620132012 13

Uwais by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
42 births that decade — 68% of Uwais's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Uwais?
62 babies have been named Uwais since 2012. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2012 with 13 births.
When was Uwais most popular?
Uwais was most popular in the 2010s decade with 42 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
How long has the name Uwais been used?
Uwais has been recorded in Social Security data since 2012, spanning 12 years of data through 2023.

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, 2012–2023 (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.