Basim

#9,823 in 2025Boys' name

Smiling

Basim has been given to 299 babies in the U.S. since 1978. In 2025 it ranked #9,823 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Basim, 2025

1 in 474,000

Basim over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Basim: meaning, origin, and history

Smiling

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Basim means

Basim means “smiling”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 299 boys were recorded with the name Basim between 1978 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2015; its best national rank was #3,818 in 1985.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,246 in 2020 to #9,823 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,709 in 2015 to #9,823 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Basim?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,823; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Basim sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Basim. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Basims were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Basim was born before 2002 — so the typical Basim is around 23 today.

Median birth year: 2002; About 23 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 24.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 53.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 299; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 24.1% of all recorded uses (72).

Is Basim rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +2,744; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +2,423; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: −3,114; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.58×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 58.3%; Peak was 2015 (12)
Years since peak: 10; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 32.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,818; 1985

Spellings of Basim

Basim is not the most common spelling — Nasir is, with 22.0% against Basim's 0.37%.

Nasir22.0%17,917
Basil16.1%13,172
Maxim8.6%6,992
Karim8.4%6,886
Yasir4.0%3,267
Yasin3.4%2,784
Naim3.3%2,697
Maksim3.3%2,678

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Basim around the world

Where Basim ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2005–2025
#5,137
in 2025
France
2009–2009
#5,263
in 2009
Canada
2006–2013
#2,635
in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Basim by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,823
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 2,423
Best rank ever: #3,818; 1985
Peak year: 2015; 12 that year
First recorded: 1978
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 299
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Basim

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Basir Basel Basem Bassel Bashar Jasim Bassam Bash Bastion Bastien Nasim Basheer Aasim Bashir Wassim Nissim Nassim Kasim Kassim Basile Qasim Bascom Basit Wasim

Sibling names for Basim

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Rhianna Adelle Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh Alysa

For a brother

Aaden Kale Caesar Hamilton Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn

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