Basilio
Basilio was given to 10 boys in 2025, #7,737 among boys’ names; 1,809 Americans have been recorded with it since 1904 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,210 Americans named Basilio and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (67% of everyone recorded); the median is 44 years old and half are between 25 and 60.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Basilio by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Basilio mean?
Wiktionary, Spanish section
Basilio is “a male given name, equivalent to English Basil”
From Latin Basilius, from Ancient Greek Βασίλειος (Basíleios).
/baˈsiljo/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Spanish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Basilio?
#7,737 among boys’ names, 2025
Basilio fell from #6,708 in 2015 to #7,737 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 6.3 to 5.9 per million.
28 babies in 1990, the peak
Basilio peaked in 1990, when 28 boys were given it, #2,433 among boys’ names. The 10 births of 2025 are 36% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,737 | 5.9 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,936 | 8.7 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,987 | 3.5 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,872 | 6.9 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,660 | 5.7 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,092 | 6.4 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,445 | 7.2 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,685 | 5.5 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,153 | 5.9 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,786 | 3.7 |
Every recorded year (115)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 12 | #6,708 | 6.3 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,118 | 5.7 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,182 | 4.8 |
| 2012 | 14 | #6,024 | 7.4 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,972 | 7.4 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,801 | 3.6 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,438 | 11.1 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,383 | 4.4 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,940 | 6.7 |
| 2006 | 9 | #8,059 | 4.4 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,483 | 9.5 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,026 | 8.1 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,626 | 8.6 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,195 | 9.8 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,696 | 6.2 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,058 | 7.1 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,551 | 7.8 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,177 | 6.3 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,467 | 7.4 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,300 | 11.1 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,708 | 8.9 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,106 | 7.8 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,147 | 10.7 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,339 | 9.5 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,110 | 9.9 |
| 1990 | 28 | #2,433 | 13.6 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,097 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,212 | 8.4 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,953 | 9.1 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,691 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,083 | 8.1 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,118 | 7.8 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,930 | 8.4 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,431 | 11.0 |
| 1981 | 25 | #2,091 | 14.0 |
| 1980 | 26 | #2,066 | 14.6 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,315 | 12.2 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,578 | 10.4 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,565 | 10.3 |
| 1976 | 26 | #1,881 | 16.6 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,450 | 6.4 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,470 | 10.2 |
| 1973 | 22 | #1,933 | 14.1 |
| 1972 | 17 | #2,250 | 10.5 |
| 1971 | 27 | #1,709 | 15.3 |
| 1970 | 23 | #1,851 | 12.4 |
| 1969 | 20 | #1,864 | 11.2 |
| 1968 | 22 | #1,696 | 12.7 |
| 1967 | 19 | #1,813 | 10.9 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,821 | 10.1 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,186 | 7.5 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,731 | 10.5 |
| 1963 | 24 | #1,629 | 11.8 |
| 1962 | 19 | #1,855 | 9.2 |
| 1961 | 19 | #1,881 | 8.9 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,131 | 7.0 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,980 | 8.0 |
| 1958 | 22 | #1,681 | 10.4 |
| 1957 | 21 | #1,754 | 9.7 |
| 1956 | 22 | #1,679 | 10.4 |
| 1955 | 26 | #1,504 | 12.6 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,830 | 8.8 |
| 1953 | 19 | #1,768 | 9.6 |
| 1952 | 17 | #1,860 | 8.7 |
| 1951 | 15 | #1,980 | 8.0 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,942 | 8.4 |
| 1949 | 20 | #1,668 | 11.3 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,489 | 13.7 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,511 | 5.5 |
| 1946 | 14 | #1,954 | 8.6 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,539 | 14.1 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,742 | 11.7 |
| 1943 | 15 | #1,915 | 10.5 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,544 | 6.5 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,169 | 4.9 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,190 | 9.5 |
| 1939 | 13 | #1,965 | 11.7 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,668 | 7.2 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,695 | 15.9 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,654 | 7.7 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,712 | 16.3 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,938 | 13.6 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,557 | 9.1 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,653 | 18.2 |
| 1931 | 16 | #1,853 | 15.4 |
| 1930 | 16 | #1,894 | 14.6 |
| 1929 | 16 | #1,939 | 14.9 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,969 | 14.4 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,048 | 14.2 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,203 | 12.6 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,174 | 7.2 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,581 | 21.2 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,633 | 10.0 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,350 | 11.9 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,911 | 16.3 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,596 | 21.6 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,393 | 12.2 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,717 | 19.7 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,195 | 14.0 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,273 | 13.5 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,193 | 14.1 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,785 | 19.9 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,299 | 14.0 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,231 | 38.9 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,221 | 39.0 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Basilio a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Basilio has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 115 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Basilio: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Basilio, and how old are they?
1,210 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 67% of the 1,809 Americans ever recorded as Basilio. The median Basilio alive today is 44 years old; half are between 25 and 60.
The 2020 Census counted 2,824 people named Basilio (10 women and girls, 2,814 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,235 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.3 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 46 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 239 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 278 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 286 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 223 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 136 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Basilio born?
The states with the most babies named Basilio are Texas, California and New York, with 100% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 555 | not ranked | 4.3× |
| California | 225 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| New York | 22 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Basilio is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Basilio is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 4.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Basilio with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Basilio
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Basilio and names like it
- Compare Basilio and LibradoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sBasilio peaked in 1990.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Basilio since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Basilio: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1990The year the most babies were named Basilio.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Basilio alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with BMost given first.