Basel
- #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Peak · boys
- 1914 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 552since 1914
Basel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Basel has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,194 | 11 |
| 2024 | #7,257 | 11 |
| 2023 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | #5,874 | 15 |
| 2021 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #5,813 | 15 |
| 2018 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #8,146 | 9 |
| 2015 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | #4,702 | 20 |
| 2013 | #5,923 | 14 |
| 2012 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #5,246 | 15 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #4,890 | 15 |
| 2000 | #3,764 | 21 |
| 1999 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
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| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,141 | 9 |
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| 1974 | #4,190 | 7 |
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| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
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| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
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| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
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| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #2,457 | 8 |
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First appearance
1914
The first year at least five boys were named Basel! It came in at #2,457, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Basel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Basel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 63 spots since 2024 (#7,257 → #7,194)
- 308 spots since 2020 (#7,502 → #7,194)
- 128 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #7,194)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1914 at #2,457 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1917, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 81,845
- Highest: 1 in 81,845 boys born in 1914 were named Basel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 22.3% of all boys named Basel (123) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 36 | #2,457 (1914) | #3,124 |
| 1920s | 60 | #2,765 (1920) | #3,360 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,001 (1930) | #4,001 |
| 1940s | 10 | #3,430 (1944) | #3,560 |
| 1950s | 6 | #3,425 (1953) | #3,425 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 7 | #4,190 (1974) | #4,190 |
| 1980s | 22 | #4,141 (1983) | #5,385 |
| 1990s | 93 | #4,537 (1994) | #6,068 |
| 2000s | 121 | #3,764 (2000) | #6,536 |
| 2010s | 123 | #4,702 (2014) | #6,766 |
| 2020s | 69 | #5,874 (2022) | #7,085 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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