Girls' name · since 1962
Basya
Basya has 1,052 recorded births since 1962 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,248 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,480 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,052
- born since 1962
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Basya is the #3480 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,052 recorded since 1962.
Basya has 1,052 recorded births among girls since 1962, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3480 as of the latest data, more common than 80% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2025.
- #7,248 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,480 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,052 born since 1962
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Basya ranks #7,248 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,480 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,052 born since 1962, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,248 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,480 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,052
- born since 1962
- 2010s
- peak decade
Basya's 1,052 recorded births place it above 89.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Basya compares
1,052 Top 31% higher than 69% 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
Basya's all-time total is 180% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Basya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,052 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 44 | 21 | 19,840 |
Basya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Basya splits its recorded history at 2001: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1962 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 44 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Basya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 44
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Basya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (288 births, 27% of the file).
2010s was Basya's strongest decade.
288 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Basya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 29
1970s
29 births
- 1980s 85
1980s
85 births
- 1990s
1990s
160 births
- 2000s
2000s
252 births
- 2010s
2010s
288 births
- 2020s
2020s
233 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 288 births (27% of all-time use).
How Basya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Basya's total volume
Basya by state
Where Basya concentrates geographically, total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 502 | 47.7% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 297 | 28.2% |
502 of 1,052 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Basya's data
- Basya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (288 total births) through the 2020s (233) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Basyas (502 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Basya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1962–2025 (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 Basya 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.