Girls' name · since 1976
Baranda
16 babies named Baranda in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #48,442 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1976
- 1970s
- peak decade
Baranda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 16 recorded since 1976.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baranda has been recorded 16 times among girls since 1976, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 1979.
- #48,442 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1976
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baranda ranks #48,442 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1976, peaking in the 1970s.
- #48,442 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1976
- 1970s
- peak decade
Baranda's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Baranda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Baranda's full recorded timeline at 1977, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Baranda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1979
- Peak year (1979)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1979.
16 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 6 births in a single year.
Baranda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (16 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Baranda's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Baranda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 16 births (100% of all-time use).
Baranda decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Baranda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~3 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, 1976–1979 (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 Baranda 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.
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