Bushra
Feminine · “good news”
Bushra is the Arabic word for good news — the message itself, not the thing announced. It is a name about the moment of being told something good.
How old is the name Bushra?
Bushra first appears in US birth records in 1983 — 42 years ago. The typical Bushra alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 1,000 people named Bushra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Bushra most popular?
Bushra peaked in 2014, reaching #3272 nationally. Today it ranks #3459, 187 places below that high. See the whole 2014 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Bushra
The root b-sh-r is one of the more delightful in Arabic: it covers the skin of the face, the news that changes it, and the person who brings that news. Bushra names the good tidings themselves and appears in the Qur'an in exactly that sense. It has been a women's name across the Arab world for a long time and is very widely used in Somalia, Pakistan and Indonesia as well.
Meaning
good news, glad tidings
From an Arabic root meaning to bring good news; the same root gives the words for a bringer of glad tidings and for the joy on a face when the news arrives, which Arabic distinguishes.
Pronouncing Bushra
BUSH-rah
Two syllables, first stressed. There is little variation.
Nicknames for Bushra
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1983
- Most girls named
- 201449 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3272reached in 2014
- Change vs 2024
- +22.2%44 in 2025, from 36
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Bushra in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Bushrah in Arabic — transliteration
- Bushra in Urdu — same name
- Bushra in Somali — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Minnesota, California, New York.
Bushras among us
people named Bushra are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 36,529 born in 2025 was named Bushra
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Drucella test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Bushra's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Drucella climbed just as high around 1932, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Drucella's path sketches the road Bushra is walking now.
Bushra sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Bushra is headed
Bushra should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Bushra beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Bushra in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that is warm, specific and easy to explain.
- Six letters and two syllables, easy to write and to say.
- Recognized across the Arab world, South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Africa.
- The first syllable is an ordinary English word, and children will notice.
- The shr cluster is unusual in English and will be misspelled.
- It is clearly marked as a Muslim name, which is a fact to know rather than a problem.
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Frequently asked
- How many Bushras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Bushra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Bushra in 2025?
- Bushra ranks #3459 among US girl names in 2025, with 44 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Bushra?
- About 1 in every 36,529 US girls born in 2025 was named Bushra — 44 in all.
- Will my child share the name Bushra with classmates?
- Bushra will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Bushra
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