Basma — #6455 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Basma

The Social Security Administration has registered 450 babies named Basma between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Basma currently holds the #6455 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Basma performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 194 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Basma shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. 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 Basma in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Basma 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 450 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.