Recorded 1999–2018 Girls' name Peak 2001 49 births

Bismah — girls' name

49 babies named Bismah in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s312010s13
2000s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Bismah was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

8 babies were named Bismah in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Bismah

The Social Security Administration has registered 49 babies named Bismah between 1999 and 2018, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bismah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bismah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bismah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bismah 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 49 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.

Bismah at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

49

Since 1999

20 years of records

Peak year

2001

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1999

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 2018

Bismah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1999

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2001)
8
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
456789 20182012200720052002200120001999 5

Bismah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
31 births that decade — 63% of Bismah's all-time total
1990s52000s312010s13

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Bismah?
49 babies have been named Bismah since 1999. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2001 with 8 births.
When was Bismah most popular?
Bismah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 31 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
How long has the name Bismah been used?
Bismah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1999, spanning 20 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Bismah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Bisma, Bishop, Bisan, Bisceglia, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.