Basya
Girl · BAHS-ya · Hebrew
Basya is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “daughter of God”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 3,458th for girls in the US (44 babies).
What does Basya mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish form of Batya (Bithiah)
“daughter of God”
In Jewish tradition Batya is Pharaoh's daughter, who drew the baby Moses from the Nile and raised him.
- Say it
- BAHS-ya
Is Basya a girl's or a boy's name?
Basya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 44 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Basya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Basya, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2016, with 6 girls.
2025 had more girls named Basya than any year since 2018.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Basya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
How popular is Basya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,458among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 44 girls in the US were named Basya, making it the 3,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Basya in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Basya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #3,458 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,516 |
| 2023 | 36 | #4,045 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,039 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 39 | #3,734 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,995 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,197 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
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