Girls' name · since 1997
Baye
Since 1997, U.S. Social Security records show 56 babies named Baye, peaking in 2013. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #33,609 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Baye is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 56 have been recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baye has been recorded 56 times among girls since 1997, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2015.
- #33,609 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 56 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baye ranks #33,609 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 56 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #33,609 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Baye's 56 recorded births place it above 53.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Baye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Baye's full recorded timeline at 2012, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Baye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2015
- Peak year (2013)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Baye by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (40 births, 71% of the file).
2010s was Baye's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Baye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 40 births (71% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Baye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1997–2015 (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 Baye 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.