US rank #3641 Girls' name Peak 2014 1,014 births

Bayla — #3641 US girls' name

1,014 babies named Bayla in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1940s101950s111970s51980s231990s532000s2642010s4842020s164
#3641
of 17,661 girls in use

More common than 79% of names given to girls today.

2010s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Bayla was born in this single decade.

2014
Single peak year

58 babies were named Bayla in 2014 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Bayla

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,014 babies named Bayla between 1940 and 2024, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bayla currently holds the #3641 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 58 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bayla performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 484 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Bayla shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 77 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Bayla in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bayla 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 1,014 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.

Bayla at a glance

Outside the top 1,000

Total births

1,014

Since 1940

85 years of records

Peak year

2014

58 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

#3,641

Among girls

As of 2024

Active since

1940

Recorded for 85 years

Last year on file: 2024

Bayla popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1940

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2014)
58
Annual births at peak — across 85 years of records
020406080 202420192014200920041999199319771940 5

Bayla by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
484 births that decade — 48% of Bayla's all-time total
1940s101950s111970s51980s231990s532000s2642010s4842020s164

Bayla by state

Where Bayla concentrates geographically — total births since 1940

Geographically diffuse
Top 7 states by recorded births for the name Bayla
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
77 7.6%
#2 California
29 2.9%
#3 New Jersey
11 1.1%
#4 Georgia
6 0.6%
#5 Florida
5 0.5%
#6 North Carolina
5 0.5%
#7 Pennsylvania
5 0.5%
New York share of Bayla's total US births 7.6%
Even split

77 of 1,014 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Bayla?
1,014 babies have been named Bayla since 1940. It currently ranks #3641 among girls. The peak year was 2014 with 58 births.
When was Bayla most popular?
Bayla was most popular in the 2010s decade with 484 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
Where is Bayla most popular?
The top states for the name Bayla are New York (77 births), California (29 births), New Jersey (11 births).
How long has the name Bayla been used?
Bayla has been recorded in Social Security data since 1940, spanning 85 years of data through 2024.
What names are similar to Bayla?
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.

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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, 1940–2024 (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.