Bayle — unisex name
221 babies named Bayle in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Bayle was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Bayle in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bayle
The Social Security Administration has registered 221 babies named Bayle between 1990 and 2013, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bayle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 20 babies received it in a single year. Bayle is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 28 additional births since 1996.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bayle performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bayle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bayle in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bayle 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 221 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.
Bayle at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bayle popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1990
- Peak year (2006)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
221 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 20 births in a single year.
Bayle popularity over time — boys
28 total births recorded since 1996 (Bayle as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Bayle accounts for 11% of total recorded use across both genders.
Bayle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 112 births that decade — 51% of Bayle's all-time total
Bayle decade highlights
- Peak decade 112 births
- Runner-up 91 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Bayle's strongest decade
112 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Bayle by state
Where Bayle concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 221 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1990–2013 (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.