Girls' name · since 1989
Bahja
Bahja has 164 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,819 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 164
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
164 girls have been named Bahja since 1989, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Bahja has 164 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2023.
- #21,819 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 164 born since 1989
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bahja ranks #21,819 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 164 born since 1989, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,819 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 164
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bahja's 164 recorded births place it above 69.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Minnesota.
Bahja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bahja's full recorded timeline at 2007, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bahja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2023
- Peak year (2017)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Bahja by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (47 births, 29% of the file).
2010s was Bahja's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Bahja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 9
1980s
9 births
- 1990s
1990s
38 births
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
- 2020s
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 47 births (29% of all-time use).
Bahja by state
Where Bahja concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 17 | 10.4% |
17 of 164 births nationwide.
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- Bahja's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (47 total births) through the 2020s (25) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Minnesota records the most Bahjas (17 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Minnesota 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 Bahja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1989–2023 (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 Bahja 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.