Bassam

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Bassam: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Bassam: Recorded since 1998, it reached #2,112 in 2018, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
13times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#2112highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2901
2005	#3208
2008	#2775
2009	#2837
2010	#2941
2012	#3416
2014	#3895
2016	#2335
2017	#2734
2018	#2112
2019	#3013
2023	#2813
2024	#3688

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 13 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2901 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #2112 among boys in England and Wales, in 2018 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Bassam by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Bassam in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	16	3 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	47	7 of 10	7
2020s	12	2 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Bassam appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2112 in England and Wales in 2018.

Bassam's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2112	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,112, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2018Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Afua · #2112, 11y
Ajan · #2112, 13y
Hud · #2112, 12y
Osinachi · #2112, 10y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Afua · #2112, 11y
Akosua · #2112, 23y
Andriana · #2112, 23y
Raphaela · #2112, 26y

Bassam and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Bassam without appearing here.

Bassam moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3416 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2335 and #4810.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3895 and #2248 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2335 and #4810.
Aria Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3416 and #3039 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2335 and #4023.
Tor Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3895 and #3362 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #2335 and #4023.

Moved ahead of Bassam

Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #3112 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #3254.
Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2734 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2112 and #1786.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2112 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3013 and #2728.
Aksel Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2941 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #3416 and #3416.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2112 in England and Wales in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bassam

Bassam at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bassam by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Bassam appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Bassam and the names beside it

Bassam moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bassam

Bassam at a glance

Bassam by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Bassam appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Bassam and the names beside it

Bassam moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bassam