Girls' name · since 1980
Basma
Basma has 466 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,370 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,952 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 466
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Basma is the #6952 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 466 recorded since 1980.
Social Security Administration records show Basma recorded 466 times among girls since 1980, holding rank #6952 nationally today, ahead of 60% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #12,370 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,952 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 466 born since 1980
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Basma ranks #12,370 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,952 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 466 born since 1980, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,370 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,952 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 466
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Basma's 466 recorded births place it above 82.88% 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 Basma compares
466 Top 46% higher than 54% of 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
Basma's all-time total is 24% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Basma | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 466 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Basma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Basma's full recorded timeline at 2008, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 29 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Basma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Basma by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (194 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Basma's strongest decade.
194 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Basma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 56
1990s
56 births
- 2000s
2000s
90 births
- 2010s
2010s
194 births
- 2020s
2020s
110 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 194 births (42% of all-time use).
Basma by state
Where Basma concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 2.4% |
11 of 466 births nationwide.
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What to do with Basma's data
- Basma's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (194 total births) through the 2020s (110) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Basmas (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 Basma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Basma 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.