# Bashir (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bashir/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | “bringer of good news” |
| Pronunciation | /bəˈʃiɹ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Basheer, Basher |
| US babies named this | 1,035 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,035 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 177, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَشِير (bašīr, “bringer of good news”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 29 | 3,612 |
| 2012 | 25 | 4,016 |
| 2013 | 28 | 3,671 |
| 2014 | 25 | 4,024 |
| 2015 | 25 | 4,090 |
| 2016 | 31 | 3,533 |
| 2017 | 27 | 3,898 |
| 2018 | 25 | 4,104 |
| 2019 | 27 | 3,903 |
| 2020 | 35 | 3,209 |
| 2021 | 28 | 3,826 |
| 2022 | 28 | 3,896 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4,012 |
| 2024 | 21 | 4,724 |
| 2025 | 24 | 4,264 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 12 | 1,801 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: بَشِير
- French: Bachir, Béchir
- Hindi: बशीर
- Russian: Баши́р
- Turkish: Beşir
- Chinese: 巴希爾 /巴希尔

## People named Bashir

- Bashir Abdi, Belgian long-distance runner of Somali descent
- Bachir Belloumi, Algerian footballer
- Béchir Ben Yahmed, French-Tunisian journalist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.