Vasili
Boy · vah-SEE-lee · Greek
Vasili is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “royal, kingly”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Vasili mean?
Greek: Russian form of Basil, from Greek Basileios
“royal, kingly”
The Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky, a pioneer of abstract art, bore this name.
- Say it
- vah-SEE-lee
Is Vasili a girl's or a boy's name?
Vasili is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vasili in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 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, 11 boys in the US were named Vasili, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had more boys named Vasili than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Vasili in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vasili in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
Nicknames for Vasili
- Vasya
Names like Vasili
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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