Basheer
Basheer is a name with multiple cultural origins: Arabic, Urdu.
- Arabic
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Basheer
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Basheer is a name with multiple cultural origins: Arabic, Urdu.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
The Story of Basheer
American parents first put Basheer on the record books as a baby boy name in 1977, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1991, when 14 Basheers were born — ranking #4,006 that year. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 35% of all recorded Basheers. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2022 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 216 Basheers have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Basheer
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Basheer. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Basheer
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About the name Basheer
Basheer is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 216 births in the dataset. Basheer's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #4,006. Use the chart and map above to compare Basheer's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.