Basma is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “smile.” In 2024 it was given to 18 girls in the United States.
Basma belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “smile” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Basma first appears in Social Security records in 1980. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #4710 in 2017, and in 2024 18 babies received the name — 450 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Basma means “smile” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Basma is a girl name. In 2024, 18 babies received the name in the US.
Basma comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Basma first appears in US records in 1980. Its best-ever ranking was #4710 in 2017, and 18 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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