Bai — unisex name
10 babies named Bai in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Bai was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Bai in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bai
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Bai between 1990 and 2005, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bai currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 5 babies received it in a single year. Bai is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1979.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bai performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Bai shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bai 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 10 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.
Bai at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bai popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1990
- Peak year (1990)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
10 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 5 births in a single year.
Bai popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1979 (Bai as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Bai accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Bai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Bai's all-time total
Bai decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Bai's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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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, 1990–2005 (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.