Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Basel

#6,878 most common boys' name of all time · #17,261 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1914–2025

Rank among boys
#6,878
Rank overall
#17,261 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
552
Since 2016
113
Peak year
2000 #3,790
Best rank
#2,615 1914
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
192019401960198020002020

Basel first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 11 11 #7,239
2024 — 11 11 #7,298
2023 — 13 13 #6,560
2022 — 15 15 #5,907
2021 — 9 9 #8,234
2020 — 10 10 #7,568
2019 — 15 15 #5,840
2018 — 9 9 #8,222
2017 — 11 11 #7,139
2016 — 9 9 #8,207
2015 — 11 11 #7,105
2014 — 20 20 #4,730
2013 — 14 14 #5,963
2012 — 11 11 #7,085
2011 — 11 11 #7,053
2010 — 12 12 #6,733
2009 — 8 8 #9,061
2008 — 10 10 #7,770
2007 — 14 14 #5,938
2006 — 9 9 #8,050
2005 — 9 9 #7,724
2004 — 15 15 #5,284
2003 — 10 10 #6,781
2002 — 10 10 #6,586
2001 — 15 15 #4,931
2000 — 21 21 #3,790
1999 — 12 12 #5,357
1998 — 12 12 #5,211
1997 — 11 11 #5,342
1996 — 8 8 #6,572
1995 — 10 10 #5,564
1994 — 13 13 #4,578
1993 — 5 5 #8,859
1992 — 10 10 #5,298
1991 — 6 6 #7,400
1990 — 6 6 #7,306
1989 — 7 7 #6,357
1985 — 6 6 #5,901
1983 — 9 9 #4,233
1974 — 7 7 #4,314
1953 — 6 6 #3,604
1949 — 5 5 #3,917
1944 — 5 5 #3,649
1930 — 5 5 #4,227
1929 — 7 7 #3,426
1928 — 6 6 #3,906
1927 — 7 7 #3,627
1925 — 5 5 #4,456
1923 — 7 7 #3,650
1922 — 8 8 #3,418
1921 — 10 10 #2,948
1920 — 10 10 #2,924
1919 — 8 8 #3,294
1918 — 6 6 #3,932
1916 — 8 8 #3,097
1915 — 6 6 #3,624
1914 — 8 8 #2,615