Aba

girls:

27 births since 1978

#5689 (0th percentile)

boys:

5 births since 2006

#4581 (0th percentile)

overall:

32 births since 1978

#7707 (0th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Aba is the #7,707 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 32 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 0.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,689 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 27 births since 1978. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2006.

Aba first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (1978 for girls and 2006 for boys). Birth data for Aba is available in 6 out of the 40 years between 1978 and 2017 (5 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Aba has been given predominantly to girls, with 84.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2017, 100.0% of babies named Aba were girls.

For girls, Aba reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #755) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2017.

For boys, Aba reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #875) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2006.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Aba".

1978 2017 19782017

Key Statistics

Total Births
27
Peak Births
6
Peak Year
1978
First Recorded
1978
Peak Percentile
0.1%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#755
Current Rank
Female statistics
Total Births
5
Peak Births
5
Peak Year
2006
First Recorded
2006
Peak Percentile
0.0%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#875
Current Rank
Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Aba", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 3 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Abba" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Abba..

How to Pronounce Aba

Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Aba. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 41.7% confident that Aba is pronounced as AY-buh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-buh, at 22.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.

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41.7%
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22.2%
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13.9%
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11.1%
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11.1%
AY-buh (2 syllables)
41.7% confidence
EY1 B AH0
AH-buh (2 syllables)
22.2% confidence
AA1 B AH0
UH-buh (2 syllables)
13.9% confidence
AH1 B AH0
uh-BUH (2 syllables)
11.1% confidence
AH0 B AH1
A-buh (2 syllables)
11.1% confidence
AE1 B AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like EY1 B AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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