Bash

#6,490 in 2025Boys' name

August, venerable, exalted, through Sebastian

Bash has been given to 142 babies in the U.S. since 2014. In 2025 it ranked #6,490 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 21 recorded.

Babies named Bash, 2025

1 in 255,000

Bash over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Bash: meaning, origin, and history

August, venerable, exalted, through Sebastian

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Bash means

Bash belongs to the name family reached through Bash → Sebastian. Its meaning is “august, venerable, exalted”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Reflecting a dialect in which /s/ assimilates to /ʃ/ before /tʃ/

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Bash (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Bash is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Sebastian.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 142 boys were recorded with the name Bash between 2014 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 21 in 2021; its best national rank was #4,649 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,008 in 2020 to #6,490 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,836 in 2015 to #6,490 in 2025.

How common is Bash?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 255,000; 13 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 131,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #6,490; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 176,762 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Bash sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bash. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bashs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bash was born before 2021 — so the typical Bash is around 4 today.

Median birth year: 2021; About 4 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 64.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 142; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 64.1% of all recorded uses (91).

Is Bash rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +1,343; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −482; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +2,346; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.63×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 61.9%; Peak was 2021 (21)
Years since peak: 4; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 34.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,649; 2021

Spellings of Bash

Bash is not the most common spelling — Cash is, with 12.9% against Bash's 0.07%.

Cash12.9%27,705
Jase11.1%23,905
Nash10.4%22,439
Asa9.8%21,166
Kash8.1%17,367
Josh8.0%17,288
Bart7.6%16,356
Basil6.1%13,172

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Bash by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #6,490
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 482
Best rank ever: #4,649; 2021
Peak year: 2021; 21 that year
First recorded: 2014
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 142
Count in 2025: 13

Names similar to Bash

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Basem Basir Jash Basim Vash Basel Bassel Crash Bashar Basile Basheer Bassam Basit Bastion Bastien Joash Lash Aryash Bassem Bass Bashir Bassil Arash Akaash

Sibling names for Bash

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh

For a brother

Kale Hamilton Aaden Caesar Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Henri

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