Basir — #9261 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Basir

The Social Security Administration has registered 177 babies named Basir between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Basir currently holds the #9261 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Basir performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Basir shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Basir in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Basir 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 177 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.