Boys' name · since 1977
Basheer
Basheer has 225 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,251 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,429 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 225
- born since 1977
- 2000s
- peak decade
Basheer currently ranks #8429 among boys' names in America, with 225 babies recorded since 1977.
Basheer has 225 recorded births among boys since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8429 as of the latest data, more common than 39% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #12,251 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,429 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 225 born since 1977
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Basheer ranks #12,251 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,429 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 225 born since 1977, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,251 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,429 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 225
- born since 1977
- 2000s
- peak decade
Basheer's 225 recorded births place it above 73.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
How Basheer compares
225 40th 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
Basheer's all-time total is 39% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Basheer | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 225 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Basheer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Basheer splits its recorded history at 2004: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Basheer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Basheer by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (76 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Basheer's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Basheer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
- 1990s
1990s
56 births
- 2000s
2000s
76 births
- 2010s
2010s
46 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 76 births (34% of all-time use).
Basheer by state
Where Basheer concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 225 births nationwide.
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What to do with Basheer's data
- Basheer's decade-level peak was the 2000s (76 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New Jersey records the most Basheers (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey 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 Basheer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Basheer 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.