Baela — #3874 US girls' name
52 babies named Baela in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 78% of names given to girls today.
90% of everyone ever named Baela was born in this single decade.
39 babies were named Baela in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Baela
The Social Security Administration has registered 52 babies named Baela between 2014 and 2024, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Baela currently holds the #3874 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 39 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Baela performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Baela shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Baela in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Baela in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 52 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Baela at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Baela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2014
- Peak year (2024)
- 39
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
Currently ranks #3874 among girls.
52 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 39 births in a single year.
Baela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 47 births that decade — 90% of Baela's all-time total
Baela decade highlights
- Peak decade 47 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Baela's strongest decade
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 90% of all-time use.
Baela by state
Where Baela concentrates geographically — total births since 2014
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 9.6% |
5 of 52 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2014–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.