The baby name Bass is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /bæs/ (rhymes with 'mass'),/beɪs/ (rhymes with 'base').
The baby name Bass is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /bæs/ (rhymes with 'mass'),/beɪs/ (rhymes with 'base').
Bass is English, French in Origin.
Drawing on several streams, Bass is chiefly a transferred surname in English with multiple roots: from Middle English bas/Old French basse "low, short," ultimately Latin bassus "stout, thickset." Another line derives from Old English baers, the fish "bass," giving a metonymic name for a fisherman or someone known for angling; by extension, the musical term bass (via Italian basso "low") reinforced its association with depth or a resonant voice.
Used as a given name in the English-speaking world since at least the 18th-19th centuries through the custom of adopting family surnames as first names, Bass remains uncommon yet familiar. Variants and cognates include Bas (Dutch short form of Sebastiaan), Basse (French), Baas (Dutch/German), and Basso (Italian). Related forms like Bas link the name to Sebastian. Depending on origin, meanings range from "short; stout" to "bass fisherman" or "deep-voiced/low."
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2026 | #56 | 1 | 2,592 | |
| Sudan | 2026 | #102 | 1 | 2,130 | |
| Brunei | Girls | 2026 | #114 | 1 | 5,459 |
| Estonia | Boys | 2026 | #125 | 1 | 2,087 |
| Azerbaijan | Boys | 2026 | #130 | 2 | 1,400 |
| Greece | 2026 | #135 | 1 | 3,911 | |
| Panama | 2026 | #138 | 1 | 3,797 | |
| Brunei | Boys | 2026 | #139 | 1 | 6,332 |
| Jordan | 2026 | #140 | 1 | 2,158 | |
| Serbia | Boys | 2026 | #154 | 1 | 2,277 |
| Hungary | Boys | 2026 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| Malta | Boys | 2026 | #179 | 1 | 4,064 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2026 | #186 | 2 | 10,220 | |
| Slovenia | Boys | 2026 | #211 | 1 | 3,402 |
| Luxembourg | Boys | 2026 | #219 | 2 | 4,970 |
| Bulgaria | Boys | 2026 | #220 | 1 | 3,850 |
| Macau | Boys | 2026 | #232 | 3 | 5,842 |
| Bangladesh | 2026 | #240 | 2 | 5,992 | |
| Ghana | 2026 | #246 | 3 | 5,396 | |
| Angola | Boys | 2026 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| Taiwan | Boys | 2026 | #251 | 6 | 7,111 |
| Greece | Boys | 2026 | #271 | 3 | 6,912 |
| Afghanistan | Boys | 2026 | #274 | 1 | 3,535 |
| Taiwan | Girls | 2026 | #289 | 1 | 8,139 |
| Jamaica | Boys | 2026 | #293 | 1 | 6,876 |
| Croatia | Girls | 2026 | #294 | 1 | 3,687 |
| Kazakhstan | Boys | 2026 | #294 | 3 | 6,578 |
| Albania | Boys | 2026 | #303 | 1 | 5,122 |
| Japan | Boys | 2026 | #303 | 1 | 7,909 |
| Czechia | Boys | 2026 | #304 | 2 | 6,530 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2026 | #311 | 2 | 10,560 | |
| China | Boys | 2026 | #327 | 5 | 9,639 |
| Denmark | Boys | 2026 | #331 | 2 | 7,401 |
| Kazakhstan | Girls | 2026 | #332 | 1 | 5,862 |
| Poland | Boys | 2026 | #336 | 5 | 6,459 |
| Ghana | Girls | 2026 | #337 | 1 | 6,973 |
| Guatemala | 2026 | #337 | 2 | 5,948 | |
| Qatar | Girls | 2026 | #342 | 2 | 15,378 |
| Malaysia | 2026 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| China | Girls | 2026 | #359 | 1 | 8,829 |
| Ghana | Boys | 2026 | #361 | 1 | 8,138 |
| Mauritius | Boys | 2026 | #367 | 3 | 8,477 |
| Portugal | Boys | 2026 | #381 | 1 | 7,951 |
| Jordan | Boys | 2026 | #387 | 3 | 7,057 |
| Yemen | 2026 | #396 | 3 | 8,639 | |
| Bangladesh | Girls | 2026 | #406 | 1 | 8,413 |
| Philippines | Boys | 2026 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| Egypt | 2026 | #409 | 4 | 6,387 | |
| Uruguay | Boys | 2026 | #413 | 1 | 5,922 |
| Oman | Girls | 2026 | #422 | 3 | 15,987 |
| Sudan | Boys | 2026 | #434 | 12 | 10,523 |
| South Africa | 2026 | #468 | 7 | 14,421 | |
| Argentina | Boys | 2026 | #477 | 7 | 7,628 |
| Russia | Boys | 2026 | #490 | 16 | 12,621 |
| Guatemala | Boys | 2026 | #493 | 7 | 7,625 |
| Panama | Boys | 2026 | #500 | 6 | 9,305 |
| Hong Kong | Boys | 2026 | #509 | 19 | 12,905 |
| Colombia | 2026 | #510 | 1 | 7,768 | |
| Costa Rica | Boys | 2026 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| Libya | 2026 | #518 | 18 | 12,703 | |
| Russia | Girls | 2026 | #522 | 2 | 11,913 |
| Iraq | Girls | 2026 | #523 | 3 | 11,303 |
| Cameroon | Boys | 2026 | #525 | 26 | 12,054 |
| Iran | Girls | 2026 | #545 | 1 | 8,334 |
| Palestine | Girls | 2026 | #546 | 2 | 10,981 |
| Cameroon | Girls | 2026 | #559 | 2 | 11,671 |
| Kuwait | Girls | 2026 | #559 | 3 | 19,177 |
| Palestine | Boys | 2026 | #560 | 2 | 10,655 |
| Iran | Boys | 2026 | #564 | 2 | 10,162 |
| Bahrain | 2026 | #581 | 7 | 17,937 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Girls | 2026 | #595 | 3 | 20,968 |
| Bangladesh | Boys | 2026 | #599 | 7 | 10,045 |
| Bolivia | Boys | 2026 | #619 | 4 | 9,244 |
| Israel | Boys | 2026 | #623 | 3 | 10,983 |
| Singapore | Girls | 2026 | #632 | 1 | 18,916 |
| Lebanon | 2026 | #640 | 19 | 13,263 | |
| Singapore | Boys | 2026 | #640 | 58 | 17,960 |
| Israel | Girls | 2026 | #643 | 3 | 11,648 |
| Chile | Boys | 2026 | #646 | 20 | 13,390 |
| Hong Kong | Girls | 2026 | #646 | 5 | 16,104 |
| India | Girls | 2026 | #649 | 6 | 13,121 |
| Iraq | Boys | 2026 | #655 | 13 | 13,071 |
| Tunisia | 2026 | #677 | 153 | 13,765 | |
| Italy | 2026 | #704 | 11 | 4,183 | |
| Syria | 2026 | #718 | 11 | 11,684 | |
| Qatar | Boys | 2026 | #740 | 4 | 18,093 |
| Kuwait | Boys | 2026 | #747 | 23 | 18,755 |
| Brazil | Boys | 2026 | #778 | 8 | 12,213 |
| Nigeria | Girls | 2026 | #824 | 3 | 15,093 |
| Egypt | Girls | 2026 | #828 | 132 | 14,742 |
| Egypt | Boys | 2026 | #838 | 49 | 15,035 |
| Oman | Boys | 2026 | #853 | 29 | 17,948 |
| Spain | Boys | 2026 | #855 | 76 | 5,610 |
| Netherlands | Boys | 2026 | #902 | 50 | 5,873 |
| Germany | Boys | 2026 | #905 | 48 | 5,697 |
| Nigeria | Boys | 2026 | #915 | 37 | 16,906 |
| Peru | Boys | 2026 | #920 | 7 | 14,506 |
| Saudi Arabia | Girls | 2026 | #921 | 15 | 25,931 |
| Morocco | 2026 | #933 | 196 | 20,986 | |
| India | Boys | 2026 | #956 | 46 | 16,750 |
| Mexico | Boys | 2026 | #963 | 20 | 16,355 |
| Colombia | Boys | 2026 | #975 | 7 | 15,656 |
| Peru | Girls | 2026 | #1,007 | 4 | 14,861 |
| Malaysia | Boys | 2026 | #1,055 | 57 | 25,439 |
| Algeria | 2026 | #1,056 | 121 | 20,130 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Boys | 2026 | #1,057 | 36 | 22,615 |
| Malaysia | Girls | 2026 | #1,068 | 5 | 24,821 |
| South Africa | Boys | 2026 | #1,124 | 55 | 25,619 |
| Italy | Boys | 2026 | #1,174 | 299 | 10,046 |
| Turkey | 2026 | #1,201 | 11 | 19,440 | |
| South Africa | Girls | 2026 | #1,235 | 2 | 25,928 |
| Mexico | Girls | 2026 | #1,267 | 1 | 17,781 |
| Saudi Arabia | Boys | 2026 | #1,507 | 108 | 28,008 |
Bass is popular in 72 countries — most recent births per country:
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