Basha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BAH-sha
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Basha is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Basha mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish form of Bathsheba or Batya
A traditional Yiddish name, used as a form of Bathsheba or Batya.
Is Basha a girl's or a boy's name?
Basha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Basha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Basha, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2000, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Basha in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Basha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Names like Basha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zaira, Salma, Zamira, Hiba, Hafsa, Huda, Rahma, Aaliyah, Zainab, Samira, Hadassah
Names related to Basha
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Basha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/basha, updated 20 October 2026.