Bassel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BAH-sel
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Bassel is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “brave, fearless”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Bassel mean?
Arabic: spelling of Basil (Basel)
“brave, fearless”
Is Bassel a girl's or a boy's name?
Bassel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bassel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 140% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Bassel, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Bassel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
How popular is Bassel 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 Bassel, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Bassel in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bassel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
Names like Bassel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Musa Ahmed Umar Abdullah Zayd Zayan Mustafa Amir Zayaan Khalid
Names related to Bassel
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
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, “Bassel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bassel, updated 20 October 2026.