Girls' name · since 1888
Bah
Bah has 11 recorded births since 1888 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1888 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #52,725 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1888
- 1880s
- peak decade
Bah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 11 recorded since 1888.
Bah has 11 recorded births among girls since 1888, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1880s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1888 to 1908.
- #52,725 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1888
- 1880s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bah ranks #52,725 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1888, peaking in the 1880s.
- #52,725 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1888
- 1880s
- peak decade
Bah's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bah splits its recorded history at 1908: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1908 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1888 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1888–1908
- Peak year (1888)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Bah by decade
1880s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
1880s was Bah's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Bah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
6 births
- 1900s
1900s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1880s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Bah's usage has stayed within range of its 1880s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 1900s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1888)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1888–1908 (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 Bah 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.