How Many People Are Named Basel?
An estimated 430 people in the United States have the first name Basel. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 22 years old, and Basel peaked in popularity in 2000 with 21 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Basel as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Basel paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
430
About 1 in 797,103 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
22
years old
Peak Year
2000
21 births
Total Registered
541
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Basel
Basel is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 541 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Basel as a male name
Ranked #7,286 in 2024
11 male births in 2024
Peak: 2000 (21 births)
Basel: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Basel span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 11 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 123 babies were registered. While Basel is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Basel by Decade
How has Basel tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Basel by State
Basel + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Basel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Basel
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Basel: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Basel?
We estimate approximately 430 people named Basel are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 797,103 Americans share this first name.
Is Basel a common name?
Basel is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 83.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 541 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Basel most popular?
Basel reached peak popularity in 2000, when 21 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Basel is approximately 22 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Basel a male name?
Basel is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Basel Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Basel Smith, Basel Johnson, Basel Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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