Basel vs Basilio
American parents have registered 1,809 Basilios since 1880, against 552 Basels. But in 2025 it was Basel that was commoner, 11 babies to 10.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Basel Basilio
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 115 years in which either name was published, Basilio for 103 years and Basel for 12 years. The lead changed hands 15 times.
- 1904–2007 Basilio ahead, apart from one short spell
14 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Basel | Basilio | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 552 | 1,809 |
| Most in one year | 21 | 28 |
| Babies in 2025 | 11 | 10 |
| Estimated living today | 440 | 1,200 |
| Median age today | 18 | 43 |
| Peak year | 2000 | 1990 |
| Best rank | 3,764th boys | 2,432nd boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 7,194th | 7,679th |
| First recorded | 1914 | 1904 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 552 | 0 / 1,809 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Basilios alive today are over 43; half the Basels are over 18. That is 25 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Basel and Basilio.