Unisex name · since 1988
Bayan
1,152 babies named Bayan in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,807 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,110 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,152
- born since 1988
- 2020s
- peak decade
Bayan currently ranks #2110 among unisex names in America, with 1,152 babies recorded since 1988.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bayan has been recorded 1,152 times among girls since 1988, currently ranked #2110 nationally and more common than 88% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #6,807 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,110 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,152 born since 1988
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bayan ranks #6,807 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,110 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,152 born since 1988, peaking in the 2020s.
- #6,807 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,110 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,152
- born since 1988
- 2020s
- peak decade
Bayan's 1,152 recorded births place it above 90.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Bayan compares
1,152 Top 30% higher than 70% 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
Bayan's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bayan | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,152 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 89 | 21 | 19,840 |
Bayan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bayan's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 89, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bayan popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 89
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Bayan popularity over time - boys
115 total births recorded since 1985 (Bayan as boys' name)
Bayan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (399 births, 35% of the file).
2020s was Bayan's strongest decade.
399 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Bayan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
- 1990s 154
1990s
154 births
- 2000s
2000s
227 births
- 2010s
2010s
357 births
- 2020s
2020s
399 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 399 births (35% of all-time use).
How Bayan 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 Bayan's total volume
Bayan by state
Where Bayan concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 137 | 11.9% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 136 | 11.8% |
| #3 | California | | 63 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 45 | 3.9% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Florida | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.4% |
137 of 1,152 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Bayans (137 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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Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Bayan 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.