Girls' name · since 1968
Bayyinah
86 babies named Bayyinah in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,785 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,158 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 86
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Bayyinah currently ranks #12158 among girls' names in America, with 86 babies recorded since 1968.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bayyinah has been recorded 86 times among girls since 1968, currently ranked #12158 nationally and more common than 30% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2025.
- #28,785 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,158 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 86 born since 1968
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bayyinah ranks #28,785 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,158 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 86 born since 1968, peaking in the 1970s.
- #28,785 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,158 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 86
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Bayyinah's 86 recorded births place it above 60.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
How Bayyinah compares
86 22nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bayyinah's all-time total is 77% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bayyinah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 86 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Bayyinah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bayyinah's full recorded timeline at 1973, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1972 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bayyinah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2025
- Peak year (1972)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Bayyinah by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (60 births, 70% of the file).
1970s was Bayyinah's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Bayyinah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s
1970s
60 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 60 births (70% of all-time use).
Bayyinah by state
Where Bayyinah concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 5 | 5.8% |
5 of 86 births nationwide.
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What to do with Bayyinah's data
- Bayyinah's decade-level peak was the 1970s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New Jersey records the most Bayyinahs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bayyinah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~57 yrs)
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, 1968–2025 (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 Bayyinah 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.