Bayyinah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bayyinah

The Social Security Administration has registered 79 babies named Bayyinah between 1968 and 2020, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bayyinah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bayyinah performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bayyinah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bayyinah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bayyinah 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 79 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.