Vasiliy

Boys' name

Form of Basil

Vasiliy has been given to 76 babies in the U.S. since 1994. 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 2020, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Vasiliy, 2020

1 in 371,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Vasiliy: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Basil

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Vasiliy means

Vasiliy is a form of Basil.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Vasiliy is used in Russian.

Another recorded pronunciation is /vɐ.ˈsʲi.lʲɪj/ for Vasiliy.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Vasiliy → Basil → Basilius → Βασίλειος. The family’s meaning is “of the king, kingly, royal”, recorded in Ancient Greek with the source elements basíleios.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Basil.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 76 boys were recorded with the name Vasiliy between 1994 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2020; its best national rank was #8,291 in 2001.

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.

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How common is Vasiliy?

Vasiliy had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2020, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2020: 1 in 371,000; 9 of 3,342,313 births
Among boys only: 1 in 192,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2020: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 257,414 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Vasiliy 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 2020 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 257,414 children born in 2020 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Vasiliy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Vasiliys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Vasiliy was born before 2007 — so the typical Vasiliy is around 18 today.

Median birth year: 2007; About 18 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 38.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 86.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 76; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 38.2% of all recorded uses (29).

Is Vasiliy 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2020 (9)
Years since peak: 5; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 19.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,291; 2001

Spellings of Vasiliy

Vasiliy is not the most common spelling — Basilio is, with 53.4% against Vasiliy's 2.2%.

Basilio53.4%1,809
Vasilios44.3%1,500
Vasiliy2.2%76

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.

Vasiliy 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: —
Best rank ever: #8,291; 2001
Peak year: 2020; 9 that year
First recorded: 1994
Last recorded: 2020
All-time count: 76
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Vasiliy

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

Vashaun Vasilije Vasili Vashawn Vastine Vasilis Vasily Vasishta Vasudev Vasile Vasil Vasanth Vitaliy Vashon Vashone Vashion Vassar Saveliy Vasco Vasean Anatoliy Vash Vasilios Vasu

Sibling names for Vasiliy

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

Dior Kamiyah Haisley Harmoni Melani Lianna Denisse Remy

For a brother

Kannon Kaison Santana Keanu Henri Joziah Ishaan Rian

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