Baye — girls' name
56 babies named Baye in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
71% of everyone ever named Baye was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Baye in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Baye
The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Baye between 1997 and 2015, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Baye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Baye performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Baye shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Baye 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 56 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.
Baye at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Baye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1997
- Peak year (2013)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
56 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 11 births in a single year.
Baye by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 40 births that decade — 71% of Baye's all-time total
Baye decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Baye's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 71% of all-time use.
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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, 1997–2015 (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.