Waqas
Waqas is a masculine given name of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include:Waqas Ahmed (disambiguation), several people Waqas Akbar, Pakistani field hockey player Waqas Ali Qadri, member of the band Outlandish Waqas Barkat, Pakistani cricketer Waqas Hassan Mokal, Pakistani politician Waqas Khan, Hong Kong cricketer Waqas Mahmood Maan, Pakistani politician Waqas Maqsood, Pakistani…
- Arabic
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Waqas
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Waqas is a masculine given name of Arabic origin. Notable people with the name include:Waqas Ahmed (disambiguation), several people Waqas Akbar, Pakistani field hockey player Waqas Ali Qadri, member of the band Outlandish Waqas Barkat, Pakistani cricketer Waqas Hassan Mokal, Pakistani politician Waqas Khan, Hong Kong cricketer Waqas Mahmood Maan, Pakistani politician Waqas Maqsood, Pakistani…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
The Story of Waqas
American parents first put Waqas on the record books as a baby boy name in 1985, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1994, when 11 Waqass were born — ranking #5,109 that year. About 72% of every Waqas on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Waqas last appeared in the published SSA data in 1998, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 72 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Waqas
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Waqas. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Waqqas
Names that sound like Waqas
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- Wikis
- Whackos
- Ucas
- Ukas
- Yuccas
- Walkers
- Hookahs
- Hockeys
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About the name Waqas
Waqas is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1985 and has accumulated 72 births in the dataset. Waqas's peak popularity came in 1994 when it ranked #5,109. Use the chart and map above to compare Waqas's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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