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Vasil

Boys' name

Transliteration of Васі́ль

Vasil has been given to 79 babies in the U.S. since 1918. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1925, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Vasil, 2011

1 in 732,000

Vasil over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Vasil: meaning, origin, and history

Transliteration of Васі́ль

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Vasil means

Vasil is a transliteration of Васі́ль.

Origin, language, and formation

Vasil is used in English and Slovak.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Васі́ль.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Slovak, Vasil is pronounced /ˈvasiɫ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 79 boys were recorded with the name Vasil between 1918 and 2011. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1925; its best national rank was #2,578 in 1925.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Vasil?

Vasil had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2011, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2011
1 in 732,000
5 of 3,657,935 births
Among boys only
1 in 380,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2011
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
507,099 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Vasil 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 2011 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 507,099 children born in 2011 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Vasil. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Vasils were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Vasil was born before 1924 — so the typical Vasil is around 101 today.

Median birth year
1924
About 101 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
74.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
12.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
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1920s — 74.7% of all recorded uses (59).

Is Vasil 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1925 (12)
Years since peak
100
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,578
1925

Spellings of Vasil

Vasil is not the most common spelling — Nasir is, with 19.3% against Vasil's 0.09%.

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.

Vasil around the world

Where Vasil 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
    2008–2024
    #3,255
    in 2024
  • France
    2012–2025
    #3,990
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    1951–1981
    #425
    in 1981

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Vasil by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#2,578
1925
Peak year
1925
12 that year
First recorded
1918
Last recorded
2011
All-time count
79
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Vasil

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

AksilVasiliVascoAsilVashVasuVasilyVashaunWasilVasileVasiliyVasilijeVashonVassarVashawnVaseanVasilisVastineAnsilEdsilBassilDensilVasishtaAssil

Sibling names for Vasil

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

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