Bashir
Bashir was the 4264th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 24 babies. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 2588th; the most babies were born in 2020 (35). Over the last ten years it has moved down 174 places. More babies were named Bashir in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,264 boys, down 1,055 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 24boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202035 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,035babies recorded
Bashir popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,264 | 24 |
| 2020 | #3,209 | 35 |
| 2010 | #3,465 | 31 |
| 2000 | #3,549 | 23 |
| 1990 | #3,321 | 18 |
| 1980 | #3,869 | 10 |
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How popular is Bashir, counting every spelling?
Bashir is the most common spelling of a name family that had 36 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 36 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bashir | 24 | #4,264 | 128 |
| Bashar | 12 | #6,857 | 50 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Bashir?
24 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Bashir (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Bashir born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 347 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Bashir.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Bashir?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Bashir are alive today, with a median age of 20; half are between 10 and 32. That makes Bashir mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Bashir by state
How common Bashir was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Bashir
How popular is the name Bashir?
Bashir was the 4264th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 24 babies. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 2588th; the most babies were born in 2020 (35). Over the last ten years it has moved down 174 places. More babies were named Bashir in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Bashir a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Bashir in the US.
Where is Bashir most popular?
In 2021–2025, Bashir was most common in Pennsylvania (0.02 per 1,000 boys), followed by Ohio and Ohio.