Girls' name · since 1999
Bismah
Bismah has 49 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #35,180 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 49
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
49 girls have been named Bismah since 1999, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Bismah recorded 49 times among girls since 1999, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2018.
- #35,180 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 49 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bismah ranks #35,180 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 49 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #35,180 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 49
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Bismah's 49 recorded births place it above 51.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bismah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bismah splits its recorded history at 2005: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bismah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2018
- Peak year (2001)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Bismah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (31 births, 63% of the file).
2000s was Bismah's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Bismah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
31 births
- 2010s
2010s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 31 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Bismah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (31 total births) through the 2010s (13) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bismah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1999–2018 (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 Bismah 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.