Girls' name · since 2014
Baela
Baela has 115 recorded births since 2014 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,591 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,777 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 115
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Baela is the #2777 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 115 recorded since 2014.
Social Security Administration records show Baela recorded 115 times among girls since 2014, holding rank #2777 nationally today, ahead of 84% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.
- #25,591 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,777 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 115 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baela ranks #25,591 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,777 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 115 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,591 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,777 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 115
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Baela's 115 recorded births place it above 64.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Baela compares
115 27th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Baela's all-time total is 69% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Baela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 115 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 62 | 21 | 19,840 |
Baela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Baela splits its recorded history at 2024: 89% of all births land in the more recent half, 11% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2014 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 62 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Baela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 62
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Baela by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (110 births, 96% of the file).
2020s was Baela's strongest decade.
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 96% of all-time use.
Baela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
110 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 110 births (96% of all-time use).
Baela by state
Where Baela concentrates geographically, total births since 2014
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- Texas records the most Baelas (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Baela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~11 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2014–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Baela draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.