Girls' name · since 2001
Baya
398 babies named Baya in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,547 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,544 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 398
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
398 babies have been named Baya since 2001, making it today's #12544 girls' name.
Baya has 398 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12544 as of the latest data, more common than 27% 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 2001 to 2025.
- #13,547 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,544 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 398 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baya ranks #13,547 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,544 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 398 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,547 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,544 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 398
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Baya's 398 recorded births place it above 81.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Baya compares
398 Top 49% higher than 51% 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
Baya's all-time total is 6% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Baya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 398 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 70 | 21 | 19,840 |
Baya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Baya splits its recorded history at 2016: 27% of all births land in the more recent half, 73% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 70 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Baya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 70
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Baya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (280 births, 70% of the file).
2010s was Baya's strongest decade.
280 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Baya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 67
2000s
67 births
- 2010s
2010s
280 births
- 2020s 51
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 280 births (70% of all-time use).
Baya by state
Where Baya concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.3% |
| #2 | Iowa | | 5 | 1.3% |
| #3 | Indiana | | 5 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 398 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Baya's data
- Baya's decade-level peak was the 2010s (280 total births); usage has since declined to 51 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Bayas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Baya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Baya 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.