Girls' name · since 1970
Batya
Batya has 747 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,152 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,206 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 747
- born since 1970
- 2010s
- peak decade
Batya currently ranks #4206 among girls' names in America, with 747 babies recorded since 1970.
Batya has 747 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4206 as of the latest data, more common than 76% of girls, 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 1970 to 2025.
- #9,152 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,206 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 747 born since 1970
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Batya ranks #9,152 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,206 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 747 born since 1970, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,152 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,206 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 747
- born since 1970
- 2010s
- peak decade
Batya's 747 recorded births place it above 87.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Batya compares
747 Top 37% higher than 63% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Batya's all-time total is 99% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Batya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 747 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 21 | 19,840 |
Batya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Batya's full recorded timeline at 1999, 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 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 34 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Batya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Batya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (200 births, 27% of the file).
2010s was Batya's strongest decade.
200 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Batya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 59
1970s
59 births
- 1980s 70
1980s
70 births
- 1990s
1990s
111 births
- 2000s
2000s
156 births
- 2010s
2010s
200 births
- 2020s
2020s
151 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 200 births (27% of all-time use).
How Batya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Batya's total volume
Batya by state
Where Batya concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 304 | 40.7% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 32 | 4.3% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 0.7% |
304 of 747 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Batya's data
- Batya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (200 total births) through the 2020s (151) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Batyas (304 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Batya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Batya 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.