Given name

Basya

Basya is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Basya isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Basya through the years

Babies since 1880
1,052
0 boys · 1,052 girls
Most popular year
2024
44 babies
2025
44
#3,470 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+15%
Rising
0102030198020002025Highest share 202527
Basya in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1962–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Where it’s given

Most at home inNew Jersey, New York
FewerMore, relative to births Not published
2025 births by state of birth. Tiles are equal-sized so small states stay visible. Highest rates: New Jersey (21), New York (18).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 44 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,470 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 14.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New Jersey had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (21). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 828 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

BasyaBasiaBazyaBasyah

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 3

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Basya, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Bexlee

30RareRising

>99% girls

Modern

Vaela

29RareRising fast

>99% girls

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Alanys

28RareRising

>99% girls

Modern

Hosna

16Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

German · Modern

Balsam

Balsam is a surname from German.

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Hamna

19Very rareRising

>99% girls

Modern

Asel

15Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Basya’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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