Batsheva
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- bat-SHEH-va
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,239 for girls
Batsheva is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “daughter of the oath”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 2,239th for girls in the US (82 babies).
What does Batsheva mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Bathsheba
“daughter of the oath”
The Hebrew form of Bathsheba, wife of King David and mother of King Solomon.
Is Batsheva a girl's or a boy's name?
Batsheva is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 82 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Batsheva in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,675th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Batsheva, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 23 girls.
Half of all the girls named Batsheva in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Batsheva in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
How popular is Batsheva in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,239th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 82 about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 82 girls in the US were named Batsheva, making it the 2,239th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,317th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 195 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
2025 had fewer girls named Batsheva than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Batsheva in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Batsheva in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82 | #2,239 |
| 2024 | 91 | #2,099 |
| 2023 | 87 | #2,176 |
| 2022 | 95 | #2,034 |
| 2021 | 87 | #2,154 |
| 2020 | 76 | #2,317 |
| 2019 | 73 | #2,428 |
| 2018 | 88 | #2,145 |
| 2017 | 74 | #2,432 |
| 2016 | 81 | #2,321 |
| 2015 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2014 | 122 | #1,714 |
| 2013 | 156 | #1,440 |
| 2012 | 195 | #1,243 |
| 2011 | 79 | #2,346 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,305 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 29 | #3,966 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,872 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,518 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
Names like Batsheva
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sienna, Maryam, Raya, Eliana, Anaya, Aisha, Kiara, Amara, Maeva, Eden, Ariella, Amira
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Batsheva: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/batsheva, updated 20 October 2026.