Basim
Boy · BAH-sim · Arabic
Basim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “smiling”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Basim mean?
Arabic: from Arabic basim
“smiling”
From Arabic basim 'smiling'; the related girls' name Basma means 'a smile'.
- Say it
- BAH-sim
Is Basim a girl's or a boy's name?
Basim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Basim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Basim, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2015, with 7 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Basim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
How popular is Basim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Basim, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Basim in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Basim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
Names like Basim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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