Waqas
3
Babies in 2024
-40%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 41
—
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Waqas
Waqas is a vintage UK boy's name with most of its registrations in the late 1990s. It peaked in 1996 with 41 boys registered in England & Wales, and has been quieter since.
Waqas reached its peak in 1996, when 41 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #458 for UK boys that year. That's roughly 7% of the peak — registrations have thinned out since.
Across 16 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 231 boys have been officially registered with the name Waqas in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 8 boys were registered with the name, starting from 5 in 2014 and ending at 3 in 2024.