Boys' name · since 2012

Vasilije

42 babies named Vasilije in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#23,455 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,559 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
42
born since 2012
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Vasilije is the #11559 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 42 recorded since 2012.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vasilije has been recorded 42 times among boys since 2012, currently ranked #11559 nationally and more common than 17% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.

  • #23,455 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #11,559 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 42 born since 2012
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vasilije ranks #23,455 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,559 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 42 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.

#23,455 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,559 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
42
born since 2012
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%17%
Vasilije vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Vasilije's 42 recorded births place it above 48.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Vasilije compares

42 15th 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

Vasilije's all-time total is 89% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Vasilije Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 42 369 358,536
Peak-year births 7 34 22,252

Vasilije's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Vasilije splits its recorded history at 2022: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2012 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Vasilije popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2023)
7
Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 2012201720192022202320242025 6

Vasilije by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (26 births, 62% of the file).

2020s was Vasilije's strongest decade.

26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.

Vasilije births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 26 births (62% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Vasilije?
Vasilije has been given to 42 babies in the U.S. since 2012, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #23,455 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #11,559 of 13,930. 7 babies were born in 2023, its single highest year.
Where does Vasilije sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vasilije ranks #23,455 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,559 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Vasilije most popular?
Vasilije was most popular in the 2020s decade with 26 total births. The single peak year was 2023.
How long has the name Vasilije been used?
Vasilije has been recorded in Social Security data since 2012, spanning 14 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Vasilije?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Vasilios, Vashon, Vasco, Vashawn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Vasilije: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2012–2025 (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 Vasilije 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.