Peak popularity
2016
Usually for
Boys
Trend
Holding steady
Holding steady.
Popularity of Qays since 2003
Babies named Qays per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 2008, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Qays's real moment was 2016.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Boys |
|---|---|
| 2000s | 17 |
| 2010s | 18 |
| 2020s | 6 |
“Qays” around the world
Where Qays lands in the latest official birth statistics abroad, matched to the U.S. spelling.
France
25
babies in 2024
Sources: INSEE (France).

