Bastet (𓎰𓏏𓏏) is the ancient Egyptian cat goddess — protector of home, fertility, and women. Originally depicted as a lioness, she was later represented as a cat or cat-headed woman. Her cult center was at Bubastis.
Bastet is rare as a given name but rising among parents drawn to cat mythology and ancient Egyptian heritage.
Bastet does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.
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In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Bastet reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.