Boys' name · since 1997
Abass
Abass has 114 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,515 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,718 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 114
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Abass is the #12718 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 114 recorded since 1997.
Abass has 114 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12718 as of the latest data, more common than 9% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #16,515 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,718 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 114 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abass ranks #16,515 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,718 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 114 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,515 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,718 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 114
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Abass's 114 recorded births place it above 63.54% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Abass compares
114 28th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Abass's all-time total is 69% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Abass | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 114 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Abass's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Abass's full recorded timeline at 2013, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Abass popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Abass by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (52 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Abass's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Abass births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
39 births
- 2010s
2010s
52 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 52 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Abass's decade-level peak was the 2010s (52 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Abass: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Abass draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.