Bassam
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- bah-SAHM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Bassam is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “smiling, cheerful”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Bassam mean?
Arabic
“smiling, cheerful”
Arabic name for someone who smiles often.
Is Bassam a girl's or a boy's name?
Bassam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bassam in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Bassam, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Bassam in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Bassam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Bassam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Bassam, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had fewer boys named Bassam than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Bassam in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bassam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Names like Bassam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musa Hamza Abdullah Ahmed Zayd Mustafa Umar Zayaan Arham Ibrahim Zayan
Names related to Bassam
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bassam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bassam, updated 20 October 2026.