Bashar

boys:

363 births since 1973

#4223 (8th percentile)

overall:

363 births since 1973

#7376 (5th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Bashar is the #7,376 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 363 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 4.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,223 (7.9% percentile) for all time with 363 births since 1973.

Bashar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (first recorded for boys in 1973). Birth data for Bashar is available in 37 out of the 51 years between 1973 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For boys, Bashar reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #827) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Bashar ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 36.9% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bashar".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
363
Peak Births
25
Peak Year
2004
First Recorded
1973
Peak Percentile
2.4%
Current Percentile
0.3%
Peak Rank
#827
Current Rank
#908
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Bashar

Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Bashar. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 60.0% confident that Bashar is pronounced as buh-SHAHR, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is buh-shahr, at 12.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.

buh-SHAHR (2 syllables)
Verified
60.0% confidence
B AH0 SH AA1 R
buh-shahr (2 syllables)
12.5% confidence
B AH0 SH AA0 R
bah-SHAHR (2 syllables)
7.5% confidence
B AA0 SH AA1 R
BAH-shahr (2 syllables)
5.0% confidence
B AA1 SH AA0 R
BA-shuhr (2 syllables)
5.0% confidence
B AE1 SH AH0 R
ba-shahr (2 syllables)
5.0% confidence
B AE0 SH AA0 R
BA-shahr (2 syllables)
5.0% confidence
B AE1 SH AA0 R

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

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