How Many People Are Named Basil?
people named Basil are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 58,625 people in the US has this name
Based on 13,538 babies named Basil in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
281 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Basil, 6% were girls and 94% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Basil rose from 0% in the 1880s to 24.1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Basil alive today is about 43 years old, and 36% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Basil first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1924, to 281 babies. In 2025, 97 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Basil has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #322, in 1897. In 2025 it ranked #2,022.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,022 |
| Best rank | #322 (1897) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #380 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Basil alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Basil were born in New York than in any other state: about 538 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Basil was given 7.3 times as often in West Virginia, 4.1 times in Maine and 1.9 times in Michigan.
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