Basel — #7261 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Basel

The Social Security Administration has registered 541 babies named Basel between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Basel currently holds the #7261 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Basel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Basel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Basel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Basel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 541 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.