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How popular is the name Abbas?

Births per year, rank history and how many Abbases are alive today.

Abbas (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 668th in 2025 with 54 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2009, when 66 babies were given the name, the 524th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2022, with 62 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 985 in 2021 before climbing back to the 668th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years.

The Abbas you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old. Half of all Abbases born in England and Wales are between 9 and 26, and there are at least 1,600 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Abbas - on average, only one in every 190 such rooms contains a Abbas.

How many babies are named Abbas each year?

0204060200020201996: 371997: 301998: 471999: 372000: 522001: 312002: 542003: 512004: 542005: 372006: 602007: 342008: 432009: 662010: 482011: 452012: 382013: 502014: 592015: 512016: 422017: 562018: 472019: 432020: 472021: 302022: 622023: 512024: 532025: 54actual

Where does Abbas rank among boys' names?

1101001,000200020201996: ranked 4891997: ranked 5781998: ranked 4451999: ranked 5282000: ranked 4152001: ranked 6022002: ranked 4172003: ranked 4732004: ranked 4872005: ranked 6912006: ranked 5042007: ranked 7822008: ranked 6842009: ranked 5242010: ranked 6602011: ranked 7012012: ranked 8212013: ranked 6662014: ranked 5972015: ranked 6712016: ranked 7742017: ranked 6352018: ranked 7212019: ranked 7532020: ranked 7062021: ranked 9852022: ranked 6002023: ranked 6792024: ranked 6852025: ranked 668

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Abbas per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 66 in 2009
Abbas: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Abbas most popular?

Abbas peaked in 2009, when 66 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Abbas?

At least 1,600 people named Abbas born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Abbas?

Most living Abbases are between 9 and 26; the most common age is about 3.

Is Abbas becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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