Recorded 2009–2017 Girls' name Peak 2011 55 births

Bayah — girls' name

55 babies named Bayah in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s72010s48
2010s
Peak decade

87% of everyone ever named Bayah was born in this single decade.

2011
Single peak year

12 babies were named Bayah in 2011 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Bayah

The Social Security Administration has registered 55 babies named Bayah between 2009 and 2017, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bayah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bayah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Bayah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bayah 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 55 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.

Bayah at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

55

Since 2009

9 years of records

Peak year

2011

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

2009

Recorded for 9 years

Last year on file: 2017

Bayah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2009

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2011)
12
Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
468101214 2017201620142013201120102009 7

Bayah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
48 births that decade — 87% of Bayah's all-time total
2000s72010s48

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Bayah?
55 babies have been named Bayah since 2009. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2011 with 12 births.
When was Bayah most popular?
Bayah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 48 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Bayah been used?
Bayah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2009, spanning 9 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Bayah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Baylee, Bayleigh, Baylie, Baylor, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2009–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.