Baya — #8222 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Baya

The Social Security Administration has registered 391 babies named Baya between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Baya currently holds the #8222 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 70 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Baya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 280 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Baya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Baya in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Baya 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 391 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.