Basheer
Boy · Arabic
Basheer is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “bringer of good news”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Basheer mean?
Arabic
“bringer of good news”
A male given name from Arabic.
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Is Basheer a girl's or a boy's name?
Basheer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Basheer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Basheer, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had more boys named Basheer than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Basheer in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Basheer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
Names like Basheer
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