Basil
#5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births · #2,020 for boys in 2025, 74 births
Given to boys 97.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1897 · 33 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 13,172since 1880
Basil over time
Rank among boys' names. Basil has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,410 | 23 | #2,020 | 74 |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 | #2,012 | 76 |
| 2023 | #5,248 | 24 | #2,032 | 74 |
| 2022 | #4,793 | 28 | #1,826 | 88 |
| 2021 | #4,607 | 29 | #2,000 | 74 |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 | #2,323 | 58 |
| 2019 | #4,773 | 28 | #2,042 | 71 |
| 2018 | #5,007 | 26 | #2,065 | 69 |
| 2017 | #5,191 | 25 | #2,240 | 59 |
| 2016 | #5,796 | 22 | #2,228 | 60 |
| 2015 | #7,266 | 16 | #2,429 | 52 |
| 2014 | #6,987 | 17 | #2,705 | 44 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 | #2,278 | 56 |
| 2012 | #6,110 | 21 | #2,632 | 46 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #2,699 | 44 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | #2,579 | 47 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #2,287 | 57 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #3,486 | 31 |
| 2007 | — | #2,257 | 58 | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #2,062 | 64 |
| 2005 | — | #2,399 | 48 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,599 | 41 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,006 | 57 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,943 | 57 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,841 | 60 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,742 | 64 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,778 | 56 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,585 | 66 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,773 | 54 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,421 | 73 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,477 | 65 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,383 | 71 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,420 | 67 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,321 | 73 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,382 | 67 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,336 | 69 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,615 | 49 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,319 | 61 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,248 | 61 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,153 | 67 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,485 | 45 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,422 | 45 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,000 | 78 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,254 | 55 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,294 | 51 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,176 | 60 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,270 | 52 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,214 | 54 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,099 | 62 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,210 | 51 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,099 | 58 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,198 | 48 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,074 | 57 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,000 | 65 | |
| 1971 | — | #998 | 66 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,016 | 64 | |
| 1969 | — | #989 | 60 | |
| 1968 | — | #968 | 57 | |
| 1967 | — | #848 | 71 | |
| 1966 | — | #762 | 92 | |
| 1965 | — | #815 | 82 | |
| 1964 | — | #784 | 92 | |
| 1963 | — | #763 | 101 | |
| 1962 | — | #779 | 95 | |
| 1961 | — | #720 | 113 | |
| 1960 | — | #733 | 110 | |
| 1959 | — | #735 | 109 | |
| 1958 | — | #732 | 103 | |
| 1957 | — | #772 | 95 | |
| 1956 | — | #718 | 104 | |
| 1955 | — | #720 | 103 | |
| 1954 | — | #682 | 112 | |
| 1953 | — | #616 | 139 | |
| 1952 | — | #688 | 103 | |
| 1951 | — | #668 | 109 | |
| 1950 | — | #658 | 113 | |
| 1949 | — | #649 | 111 | |
| 1948 | — | #629 | 116 | |
| 1947 | — | #535 | 158 | |
| 1946 | — | #592 | 117 | |
| 1945 | — | #603 | 101 | |
| 1944 | — | #564 | 117 | |
| 1943 | — | #544 | 132 | |
| 1942 | — | #472 | 169 | |
| 1941 | — | #513 | 132 | |
| 1940 | — | #487 | 140 | |
| 1939 | — | #495 | 135 | |
| 1938 | — | #460 | 157 | |
| 1937 | — | #463 | 145 | |
| 1936 | — | #401 | 189 | |
| 1935 | — | #417 | 175 | |
| 1934 | — | #447 | 159 | |
| 1933 | — | #413 | 172 | |
| 1932 | — | #396 | 200 | |
| 1931 | — | #454 | 154 | |
| 1930 | — | #386 | 219 | |
| 1929 | — | #373 | 238 | |
| 1928 | — | #431 | 191 | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #371 | 249 |
| 1926 | — | #385 | 232 | |
| 1925 | — | #370 | 259 | |
| 1924 | — | #354 | 281 | |
| 1923 | — | #379 | 245 | |
| 1922 | — | #382 | 247 | |
| 1921 | — | #374 | 266 | |
| 1920 | — | #383 | 243 | |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | #352 | 262 |
| 1918 | — | #387 | 239 | |
| 1917 | — | #379 | 221 | |
| 1916 | — | #341 | 244 | |
| 1915 | — | #339 | 243 | |
| 1914 | — | #375 | 161 | |
| 1913 | — | #387 | 120 | |
| 1912 | — | #359 | 114 | |
| 1911 | — | #328 | 69 | |
| 1910 | — | #383 | 46 | |
| 1909 | — | #403 | 37 | |
| 1908 | — | #365 | 39 | |
| 1907 | — | #351 | 39 | |
| 1906 | — | #378 | 32 | |
| 1905 | — | #384 | 30 | |
| 1904 | — | #328 | 37 | |
| 1903 | — | #411 | 23 | |
| 1902 | — | #348 | 32 | |
| 1901 | — | #347 | 28 | |
| 1900 | — | #357 | 37 | |
| 1899 | — | #336 | 28 | |
| 1898 | — | #377 | 27 | |
| 1897 | — | #321 | 33 | |
| 1896 | — | #323 | 34 | |
| 1895 | — | #414 | 22 | |
| 1894 | — | #349 | 27 | |
| 1893 | — | #383 | 22 | |
| 1892 | — | #404 | 22 | |
| 1891 | — | #524 | 12 | |
| 1890 | — | #434 | 17 | |
| 1889 | — | #464 | 16 | |
| 1888 | — | #416 | 20 | |
| 1887 | — | #488 | 13 | |
| 1886 | — | #605 | 10 | |
| 1885 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1881 | — | #595 | 9 | |
| 1880 | — | #571 | 11 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Basil was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 13 boys a year got the name.
See more about Basil
- 8 spots since 2024 (#2,012 → #2,020)
- 303 spots since 2020 (#2,323 → #2,020)
- 409 spots since 2015 (#2,429 → #2,020)
- Biggest jump: 254 spots in 1983 (#1,254 → #1,000)
- Biggest drop: 422 spots in 1984 (#1,000 → #1,422)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1897 at #321 (33 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1880–1969
- Highest: 1 in 3,275 boys born in 1911 were named Basil (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 23,082 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #321 in 1897, was only 1 in 3,417 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.6% of all boys named Basil (2,451) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 124 | #416 (1888) | #542 |
| 1890s | 244 | #321 (1897) | #387 |
| 1900s | 334 | #328 (1904) | #367 |
| 1910s | 1,719 | #328 (1911) | #363 |
| 1920s | 2,451 | #354 (1924) | #380 |
| 1930s | 1,705 | #386 (1930) | #433 |
| 1940s | 1,293 | #472 (1942) | #559 |
| 1950s | 1,090 | #616 (1953) | #699 |
| 1960s | 873 | #720 (1961) | #816 |
| 1970s | 577 | #998 (1971) | #1,118 |
| 1980s | 572 | #1,000 (1983) | #1,297 |
| 1990s | 661 | #1,321 (1992) | #1,488 |
| 2000s | 537 | #1,742 (2000) | #2,262 |
| 2010s | 548 | #2,042 (2019) | #2,390 |
| 2020s | 444 | #1,826 (2022) | #2,036 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Basil in 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 56,581 of them was named Basil, which outranked 73.9% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,507Zenia30
- #4,507Zoella30
- #4,507Zyanya30
- #4,607Basil29
- #4,607Aalia29
- #4,607Adelynne29
- #4,607Adhya29
- #4,719Adalida28
- #4,719Addley28
- #4,719Aissatou28
Tied with 111 names at #4,607; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 23,642 of them was named Basil, which outranked 85.8% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,982Willem75
- #1,982Yuri75
- #1,982Zach75
- #2,000Basil74
- #2,000Allister74
- #2,000Artem74
- #2,000Devante74
- #2,026Addison73
- #2,026Amin73
- #2,026Arvin73
Tied with 25 names at #2,000; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.