Peak popularity
2012
Usually for
Girls
Trend
Holding steady
Holding steady.
Popularity of Besma since 1990
Babies named Besma per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1990, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Besma's real moment was 2012.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 |
| 2000s | 0 |
| 2010s | 5 |
| 2020s | 0 |
“Besma” around the world
Where Besma lands in the latest official birth statistics abroad, matched to the U.S. spelling.
France
5
babies in 2024
Sources: INSEE (France).
