Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Basem isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Basem through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 147
- 147 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,275 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −47%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,275 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 813 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Basem’s family of names
In Arabic usage, Basem has an alternative transcription in BASSEM.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Basem
- Basem MorsyEgyptian association football playerborn 1992
- Basem AliEgyptian association football playerborn 1989
- Basem Fathifootballerborn 1982
- Basem DarwischEgyptian–German Composer, Producer and Oud Virtuosoborn 1966
- Basem Al-Montashariassociation football playerborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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