Girls' name · since 1970
Basha
Basha has 185 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,585 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,516 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 185
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Basha currently ranks #13516 among girls' names in America, with 185 babies recorded since 1970.
Social Security Administration records show Basha recorded 185 times among girls since 1970, holding rank #13516 nationally today, ahead of 22% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #20,585 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,516 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 185 born since 1970
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Basha ranks #20,585 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,516 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 185 born since 1970, peaking in the 1990s.
- #20,585 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,516 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 185
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Basha's 185 recorded births place it above 71.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Basha compares
185 35th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Basha's all-time total is 51% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Basha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 185 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Basha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Basha splits its recorded history at 2000: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Basha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Basha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (64 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Basha's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Basha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s
1990s
64 births
- 2000s
2000s
48 births
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 64 births (35% of all-time use).
Basha by state
Where Basha concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 5.9% |
11 of 185 births nationwide.
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What to do with Basha's data
- Basha's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (64 total births) through the 2020s (24) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Bashas (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Basha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1970–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Basha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.