# Bas (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bas/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 9,415 |

## People named Bas

- Bas Dost, Dutch association football player
- Bas of Bithynia, 4th-century BC ruler of Bithynia
- Bas van Fraassen, American philosopher
- Bas Jan Ader, Dutch-American artist (1942–1975)
- Bas Paauwe, Dutch footballer and manager (1911-1989)
- Bas Eickhout, Dutch politician
- Bas Maliepaard, Dutch cyclist (1938–2024)
- Bas Verwijlen, Dutch fencer
- Bas Roorda, Dutch footballer
- Bas Leinders, Belgian racing driver
- Bas Kuipers, Dutch footballer
- Bas Nijhuis, Dutch football referee

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.