Vasilios
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Vasilios is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “of the king, kingly, royal”. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Vasilios mean?
Greek
“of the king, kingly, royal”
A transliteration of the Greek male given name Βασίλειος (Vasíleios), equivalent to Basil.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Vasilios a girl's or a boy's name?
Vasilios is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vasilios in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Vasilios, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1975, with 45 boys. It first appears in the records in 1923.
2025 had more boys named Vasilios than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Vasilios in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vasilios in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 25 | #4,078 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,829 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,708 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,095 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,503 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 28 | #2,427 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,100 |
| 1988 | 27 | #2,250 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,211 |
| 1986 | 25 | #2,224 |
| 1985 | 29 | #1,974 |
| 1984 | 22 | #2,291 |
| 1983 | 31 | #1,786 |
| 1982 | 33 | #1,733 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,810 |
| 1980 | 38 | #1,569 |
| 1979 | 31 | #1,788 |
| 1978 | 28 | #1,834 |
| 1977 | 26 | #1,904 |
| 1976 | 37 | #1,469 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,280 |
| 1974 | 38 | #1,388 |
| 1973 | 36 | #1,400 |
| 1972 | 27 | #1,680 |
| 1971 | 23 | #1,861 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,793 |
| 1969 | 23 | #1,727 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,029 |
| 1967 | 16 | #1,973 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
Names like Vasilios
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lucas Alexander Alessandro Alejandro Alexis Andres Cristian Sebastian Christian Luke Demetrius Nicholas
Names related to Vasilios
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Sofia Penelope Phoebe Margot Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie Lainey Elena
Sources
Figures from 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, “Vasilios: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vasilios, updated 20 October 2026.