Basma

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Basma: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Basma: Recorded since 1998, it reached #2,090 in 2017, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#2090highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3142
1999	#2770
2001	#3998
2002	#2301
2004	#2278
2005	#2970
2006	#3548
2007	#3218
2008	#2292
2009	#3031
2010	#4688
2011	#4049
2012	#2969
2013	#4050
2014	#2659
2015	#2945
2016	#2233
2017	#2090
2018	#2901
2019	#2170
2020	#3899
2021	#2942
2022	#3970
2023	#2927
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 25 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3142 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #2090 among girls in England and Wales, in 2017 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Basma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Basma in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000s	52	8 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	84	10 of 10	8
2020s	34	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Basma appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2090 in England and Wales in 2017.

Basma's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,090, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
21 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,015position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2017Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ayala · #2090, 23y
Caylan · #2087, 21y
Abisha · #2085, 24y
Adama · #2095, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ayala · #2090, 23y
Elizabeth-Rose · #2090, 17y
Hansel · #2088, 16y
Zulqarnain · #2088, 15y

Basma and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Basma without appearing here.

Basma moved ahead of

Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2233 and #5785.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2901 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2170 and #5591.
Jeanette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4049 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2969 and #5876.
Lene Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2969 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Basma

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1313.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1939.
Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2942 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #2488.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2090 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #1436.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2090 in England and Wales in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Basma

Basma at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Basma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Basma appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Basma and the names beside it

Basma moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Basma

Basma at a glance

Basma by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Basma appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Basma and the names beside it

Basma moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Basma