Boys' name · since 1978
Basem
Basem has 147 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,864 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,418 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 147
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Basem currently ranks #12418 among boys' names in America, with 147 babies recorded since 1978.
Basem has 147 recorded births among boys since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12418 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #14,864 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,418 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 147 born since 1978
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Basem ranks #14,864 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,418 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 147 born since 1978, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,864 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,418 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 147
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Basem's 147 recorded births place it above 67.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Basem compares
147 32nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Basem's all-time total is 60% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Basem | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 147 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Basem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Basem's full recorded timeline at 2006, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Basem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Basem by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (50 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Basem's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Basem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 1990s
1990s
35 births
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
- 2020s
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 50 births (34% of all-time use).
Basem by state
Where Basem concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.4% |
5 of 147 births nationwide.
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What to do with Basem's data
- Basem's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (50 total births) through the 2020s (21) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Basems (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Basem: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Basem draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.