Girls' name · since 1988
Basia
Basia has 362 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,358 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 362
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Basia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 362 recorded since 1988.
Basia has 362 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2022.
- #14,358 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 362 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Basia ranks #14,358 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 362 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #14,358 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 362
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Basia's 362 recorded births place it above 80.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Basia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Basia's full recorded timeline at 2002, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2012, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Basia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2022
- Peak year (2002)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Basia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (158 births, 44% of the file).
1990s was Basia's strongest decade.
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Basia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
158 births
- 2000s
2000s
150 births
- 2010s 26
2010s
26 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 158 births (44% of all-time use).
Basia by state
Where Basia concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 1.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.4% |
7 of 362 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Basia's data
- Basia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (158 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Basias (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Basia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
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, 1988–2022 (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 Basia 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.