Fun Facts About the Name Bash
- 137 babies named Bash: U.S. records list 137 babies given the name Bash from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Bash Mean?
Bash is an English short form of Sebastian. Sebastian comes from the Latin name Sebastianus, which is based on the place name Sebastia and is also associated with Greek sebastos, meaning "venerable" or "revered." Bash inherits that sense, so its customary meaning is "venerable." The clipped form has no separate literal etymology of its own.
Bash Name History & Origins
Bash belongs to the English habit of shortening familiar given names. It is an informal short form of Sebastian, alongside Seb and Bastian. Sebastian itself was the name of a third-century Roman martyr and was used widely in Europe during the Middle Ages and later. Bash is used as a given name in English-speaking countries, but its history is tied to Sebastian rather than to an independent root. In the television series Reign, Sebastian de Poitiers is called Bash; this is a modern fictional use, not evidence of the name's earliest history.
How Popular is the Name Bash?
Bash has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2021. Its best rank was #4,651 in 2021.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,494 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2024 | #7,797 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #6,932 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #4,722 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2021 | #4,651 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2020 | #6,010 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2019 | #5,840 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2018 | #7,684 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #8,940 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #8,840 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #12,304 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Bash Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You can go to great heights and equally great depths. You are emotional and fixed in your opinions. You are hospitable, sentimental, often psychic, sometimes moody. You are ruled by love and the lack of it and feel a need to be encouraged and appreciated. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
Creative and outgoing, you are always looking for an opportunity to show your abilities, especially before audience. You are very flexible and like to feel appreciated. You are looking for chances to mix with others socially and to communicate your ideas. You like to talk and can easily relate to different cultures and concepts. The biggest challenge for you is uncertainty. Easily getting bored, you can move from one job to another, switch projects and lovers. The high creative force can lead you either to happiness or unhappiness. If you understand your goals, if you can make major decisions in life and follow it directly and straight up without worry and uncertainty, you are able to achieve great heights.
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