Basel
Boy · BAH-sel · Arabic
Basel is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “brave, fearless”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Basel mean?
Arabic: spelling of the Arabic name Basil
“brave, fearless”
The Arabic name Basil, 'brave', is unrelated to the English Basil, which comes from Greek basileios, 'royal'.
- Say it
- BAH-sel
Is Basel a girl's or a boy's name?
Basel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Basel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Basel, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Basel in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Basel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
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