Basem
Boy · BAH-sem · Arabic
Basem is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “smiling”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Basem mean?
Arabic: spelling of Basim
“smiling”
From the Arabic verb basama, 'to smile'.
- Say it
- BAH-sem
Is Basem a girl's or a boy's name?
Basem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Basem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Basem, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Basem in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Basem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
Names like Basem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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