Girls' name · since 2002
Beya
266 babies named Beya in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,984 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,670 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 266
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Beya is the #8670 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 266 recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Beya has been recorded 266 times among girls since 2002, currently ranked #8670 nationally and more common than 50% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #16,984 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,670 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 266 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Beya ranks #16,984 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,670 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 266 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,984 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,670 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 266
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Beya's 266 recorded births place it above 76.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Beya compares
266 42nd 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
Beya's all-time total is 29% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Beya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 266 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Beya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Beya splits its recorded history at 2015: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Beya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Beya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (153 births, 58% of the file).
2010s was Beya's strongest decade.
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Beya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 44
2000s
44 births
- 2010s
2010s
153 births
- 2020s
2020s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 153 births (58% of all-time use).
Beya by state
Where Beya concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 5.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6 | 2.3% |
15 of 266 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Beya's data
- Beya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (153 total births) through the 2020s (69) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Beyas (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Beya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Beya 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.