Basilisa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Basilisa

The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Basilisa between 1922 and 1978, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Basilisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Basilisa performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Basilisa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Basilisa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Basilisa 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 32 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.