Basma
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BAS-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Basma is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “smile”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Basma mean?
Arabic: Arabic basma
“smile”
Is Basma a girl's or a boy's name?
Basma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Basma in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Basma, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Basma in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Basma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
How popular is Basma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Basma, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Basma in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Basma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
Names like Basma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Zainab, Rahma, Ayah, Abeeha, Huda, Aaliyah, Safaa, Amira, Khadija
Names related to Basma
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Basma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/basma, updated 20 October 2026.