Beija — girls' name
40 babies named Beija in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
75% of everyone ever named Beija was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Beija in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Beija
The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Beija between 1991 and 2013, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Beija currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Beija performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Beija shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Beija in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Beija 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 40 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.
Beija at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Beija popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1991
- Peak year (1991)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
40 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 15 births in a single year.
Beija by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 30 births that decade — 75% of Beija's all-time total
Beija decade highlights
- Peak decade 30 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Beija's strongest decade
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% of all-time use.
Beija by state
Where Beija concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 15.0% |
6 of 40 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 15.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 15.0% 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, 1991–2013 (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.