Girls' name · since 2006
Bania
Bania has 32 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #40,120 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 32
- born since 2006
- 2000s
- peak decade
Bania is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 32 have been recorded since 2006.
Bania has 32 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2010.
- #40,120 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 32 born since 2006
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bania ranks #40,120 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 32 born since 2006, peaking in the 2000s.
- #40,120 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 32
- born since 2006
- 2000s
- peak decade
Bania's 32 recorded births place it above 44.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bania's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bania's full recorded timeline at 2008, 38% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 62% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bania popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2010
- Peak year (2007)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Bania by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (27 births, 84% of the file).
2000s was Bania's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Bania births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
27 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 27 births (84% of all-time use).
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- Bania's decade-level peak was the 2000s (27 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bania: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~4 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, 2006–2010 (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 Bania 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.