Abas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ab-BAAS
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Abas is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “stern, austere”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Abas mean?
Arabic: spelling of Abbas
“stern, austere”
Al-Abbas, an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad, gave his name to the Abbasid caliphs.
Meaning borrowed from Abbas. More on Wiktionary.
Is Abas a girl's or a boy's name?
Abas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abas in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 6 boys.
Abas in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Abas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Abas, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Abas in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 72 boys in the US were given Abas or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,784, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Abas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
Names like Abas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Ahmed, Abdullah, Zayaan, Azaan, Zayd, Abbas, Zayan, Musa, Ahad, Umar
Other spellings of Abas
Abbas, Abass
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Abas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abas, updated 20 October 2026.