How Many People Are Named Abbas?

1,814

people named Abbas are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 188,415 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,843 babies named Abbas in Social Security records from 1975 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#7,175

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#2,659

See the top 100

Peak Year

2018

95 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Arabic, Persian
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Means "austere" in Arabic. This was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's uncle. It was also borne by a son of Ali, the fourth caliph.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Abbas in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Abbas alive today is about 15 years old, and 87% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 22 in 2025.

Under 30 1,585
87.4%
30 to 59 229
12.6%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Abbas first appears in the records in 1975 and was given most often in 2018, to 95 babies. In 2025, 61 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1975 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Abbas has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,671, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #2,284.

Boys
Rank in 2025#2,284
Best rank#1,671 (2018)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#2,047 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Abbas alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Abbas were born in Michigan than in any other state: about 362 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Abbas was given 15 times as often in Michigan, 2.3 times in New York and 1.3 times in California.

Michigan 362
California 144
New York 117
Texas 105
Virginia 35
Illinois 35
Pennsylvania 10
Arizona 10
New Jersey 6
Ohio 5

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