Bismah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BIS-mah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Bismah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
Where does Bismah come from?
Arabic: spelling of Bisma; used by Pakistani families; linked to Basma 'smile' or to Bismillah
Meaning borrowed from Bisma.
Is Bismah a girl's or a boy's name?
Bismah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bismah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Bismah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 27 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bismah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were given Bismah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,686, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- Bisma 12
- Bismah 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Bismah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 27 | #1,138 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 22 | #1,215 |
| 2004 | 25 | #1,048 |
| 2003 | 18 | #1,317 |
| 2002 | 20 | #1,147 |
| 2001 | 20 | #1,118 |
| 2000 | 20 | #1,105 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,298 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Bismah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Farah Hibah Samah Faiza Aakifah Afrah Umamah Saba Salma Sumayyah Umaymah Safia
Other spellings of Bismah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bismah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bismah, updated 20 October 2026.