Vasilis
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Vasilis is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Vasilis mean?
Greek
A transliteration of the Greek male given name Βασίλης (Vasílis).
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Vasilis a girl's or a boy's name?
Vasilis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vasilis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Vasilis, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 10 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Vasilis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
How popular is Vasilis in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Vasilis in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vasilis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
Names like Vasilis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lucas, Vinnie, Elias, Aris, Tobias, Elijah, Adonis, Orestis, Zachary, Alexis, Sebastian, Isaiah
Names related to Vasilis
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Sofia, Alexander, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
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, “Vasilis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vasilis, updated 20 October 2026.