Basia
Girl · BAH-shah · Greek
Basia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “foreign, strange”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Basia mean?
Greek: Polish pet form of Barbara
“foreign, strange”
Polish pet form of Barbara, which comes from the Greek word for foreign.
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- BAH-shah
Is Basia a girl's or a boy's name?
Basia is a girls' name.
How popular is Basia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Basia in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Basia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
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