Name Awesome

Abbas

#2,284 in 2025Boys' name

One who frowns a lot; untamed lion

Abbas has been given to 1,843 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #2,284 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 95 recorded.

Babies named Abbas, 2025

1 in 54,300

Abbas over time, 1880–2025

Boys
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Abbas: meaning, origin, and history

One who frowns a lot; untamed lion

Arabic

What Abbas means

Abbas means “one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”, associated with ʕabbās.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, “one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”), from عَبَسَ (ʕabasa, “to frown”), the title of the eightieth sura of the Qur'an.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Abbas (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Abbas is used in English, Azerbaijani and Turkish. Its origins include Arabic.

Abbas comes through Arabic عَبَّاس.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Abbas is pronounced /əˈbɑːs/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,843 boys were recorded with the name Abbas between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 95 in 2018; its best national rank was #1,671 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,024 in 2020 to #2,284 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,955 in 2015 to #2,284 in 2025.

How common is Abbas?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 54,300
61 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 28,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,284
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
37,672 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Abbas sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 37,672 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Abbas. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Abbass were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Abbas was born before 2013 — so the typical Abbas is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
37.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
79.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,843
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 37.3% of all recorded uses (687).

Is Abbas rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−406
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−260
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−329
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.82×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
64.2%
Peak was 2018 (95)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,671
2018

Spellings of Abbas

Abbas is not the most common spelling — Atlas is, with 39.1% against Abbas's 2.8%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Abbas is used

Across 2016–2025, Abbas was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 2,439 boys, against 1 in 18,700 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

141 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in 2,439
  2. 2California1 in 25,000
  3. 3Illinois1 in 25,000
  4. 4New York1 in 25,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 25,000
  6. 6Virginia1 in 25,000
  7. 7Arizona1 in 100,000
  8. 8New Jersey1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Abbas around the world

Where Abbas ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #668
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1992–2022
    #590
    in 2022
  • Ireland
    2024–2024
    #785
    in 2024
  • France
    1960–2025
    #2,091
    in 2025
  • Norway
    1880–2023
    #451
    in 2023
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #857
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2002–2013
    #499
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Abbas by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,284
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 260
Best rank ever
#1,671
2018
Peak year
2018
95 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,843
Count in 2025
61

Names similar to Abbas

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

AbbottAbbieSabasAbbaAbbyBarnabasAbasAbbeyAbbotAbbAbbaasSebasAbbigailJokubas

Sibling names for Abbas

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

Explore around Abbas

Top names of 2018, Abbas's peak yearThe 2010s in fullOther names that peaked in 2018Boys' names starting with APersian Boy Names