Boys' name · since 1978
Basim
Basim has 299 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,584 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,965 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 299
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
299 babies have been named Basim since 1978, making it today's #9965 boys' name.
Basim has 299 recorded births among boys since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9965 as of the latest data, more common than 28% 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 1978 to 2025.
- #10,584 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,965 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 299 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Basim ranks #10,584 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,965 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 299 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,584 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,965 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 299
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Basim's 299 recorded births place it above 76.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Basim compares
299 45th 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
Basim's all-time total is 19% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Basim | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 299 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Basim's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Basim's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Basim popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Basim by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (72 births, 24% of the file).
2000s was Basim's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Basim births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
64 births
- 1990s
1990s
58 births
- 2000s
2000s
72 births
- 2010s
2010s
64 births
- 2020s
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 72 births (24% of all-time use).
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- Basim's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (72 total births) through the 2020s (30) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Basim: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
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 Basim 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.