Bushra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BOOSH-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,280 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,458 for girls
Bushra is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “good news, glad tidings”. In 2025 it ranked 1,280th for girls in the UK (26 babies) and 3,458th for girls in the US (44 babies).
What does Bushra mean?
Arabic
“good news, glad tidings”
Is Bushra a girl's or a boy's name?
Bushra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the UK and 44 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bushra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,280among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the UK were named Bushra, making it the 1,280th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 54 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Bushra than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Bushra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,362nd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Bushra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #1,280 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,491 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,497 |
| 2016 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 2015 | 27 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2013 | 39 | #1,007 |
| 2012 | 41 | #959 |
| 2011 | 42 | #923 |
| 2010 | 43 | #888 |
| 2009 | 33 | #1,040 |
| 2008 | 54 | #726 |
| 2007 | 40 | #868 |
| 2006 | 46 | #744 |
| 2005 | 35 | #863 |
| 2004 | 47 | #681 |
| 2003 | 37 | #783 |
| 2002 | 39 | #722 |
| 2001 | 39 | #714 |
| 2000 | 39 | #692 |
| 1999 | 38 | #693 |
| 1998 | 31 | #813 |
| 1997 | 26 | #918 |
| 1996 | 34 | #733 |
How popular is Bushra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,458among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 44 girls in the US were named Bushra, making it the 3,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 2014, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Bushra in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bushra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #3,458 |
| 2024 | 36 | #4,038 |
| 2023 | 44 | #3,524 |
| 2022 | 46 | #3,415 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2018 | 45 | #3,437 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,082 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 49 | #3,270 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,305 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
Names like Bushra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hana Prisha Aisha Yusra Hiba Isra Isha Khadija Amira Raya
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn 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, “Bushra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bushra, updated 20 October 2026.