Basha — #15660 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Basha

The Social Security Administration has registered 179 babies named Basha between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Basha currently holds the #15660 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Basha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Basha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Basha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Basha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 179 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.