Vasiliki
Feminine · “Greek basilikos”
Basil and Vasili are the same name. The Greek letter beta was said b in antiquity and v in every later period of the language, so a single spelling has two pronunciations depending on which century you read it in. English borrowed the old sound through Latin; Greek kept the new one.
How old is the name Vasiliki?
Vasiliki first appears in US birth records in 1920 — 105 years ago. The typical Vasiliki alive today was born around 1988, making them about 37 years old. About 1,200 people named Vasiliki are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Vasiliki most popular?
Vasiliki peaked in 1972, reaching #2311 nationally. Today it ranks #8860, 6,549 places below that high. See the whole 1972 chart.
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Where it comes from
From basileus to Vasiliki
The story of Vasiliki
The shift is called betacism and it is one of the cleanest sound changes in the history of Greek. In classical Attic, beta was a b; by the Roman period it had become a v, and modern Greek writes the b sound with the digraph mp instead. Because Latin borrowed Greek words at various dates, English inherited both stages: basil the herb and Basil the name keep the ancient b, while Vassily, Vasiliki and the Russian Vasili, all borrowed through Byzantine Greek, carry the later v. The same split explains why the same Greek root gives us both a basilica, a royal hall, and the Russian name Vasili. Anyone who reads a Greek name with a v where an English cognate has a b is looking at the date of the borrowing rather than at two different words.
Meaning
Greek basilikos, royal
Vasiliki is the feminine of Vasilios, from Greek basileus, king, through the adjective basilike, royal. It is the standard Greek form of the name English calls Basil. Basileus itself is pre-Greek and its own origin is unknown, which is unusual for so central a word. The name is common in Greece through St Basil the Great, whose feast falls on 1 January and who occupies the role Santa Claus holds elsewhere. The American peak is 1972.
How the name formed
- basileus
- basilike
- Vasiliki
Related forms: Vasiliki · Basilia · Vasilisa · Basilia
Pronouncing Vasiliki
vah-see-lee-KEE
Four syllables, stress on the last in Greek. American families often move the stress to the third, vah-see-LEE-kee. Both are heard.
Nicknames for Vasiliki
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1920
- Most girls named
- 197734 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2311reached in 1972
- Change vs 2024
- −21.4%11 in 2025, from 14
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Vasiliki in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Vasiliki in Greek — same name
- Basilia in English — related form
- Vasilisa in Russian — related form
- Basilia in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York.
Vasilikis among us
people named Vasiliki are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 146,115 born in 2025 was named Vasiliki
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Carren test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Vasiliki's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Carren climbed just as high around 1942, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Carren's path sketches the road Vasiliki is walking now.
Vasiliki sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Vasiliki beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Vasiliki in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Vicky, Vaso and Kiki are all established short forms.
- It is one of the most recognizable Greek women's names.
- Every sound in it exists in English.
- Four syllables and nine letters is a lot to spell out.
- The Greek final stress is unusual for English speakers.
- It marks Greek heritage very specifically.
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Feminine · #8860 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Vasilikis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Vasiliki are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Vasiliki in 2025?
- Vasiliki ranks #8860 among US girl names in 2025, with 11 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Vasiliki?
- About 1 in every 146,115 US girls born in 2025 was named Vasiliki — 11 in all.
- Will my child share the name Vasiliki with classmates?
- Vasiliki will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Vasiliki
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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