Recorded 1978–2000 Girls' name Peak 1984 128 births

Bijal — girls' name

128 babies named Bijal in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s171980s601990s462000s5
1980s
Peak decade

47% of everyone ever named Bijal was born in this single decade.

1984
Single peak year

13 babies were named Bijal in 1984 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Bijal

The Social Security Administration has registered 128 babies named Bijal between 1978 and 2000, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bijal currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bijal performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Bijal 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 Bijal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bijal 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 128 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.

Bijal at a glance

Last recorded 2000

Total births

128

Since 1978

23 years of records

Peak year

1984

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2000

Active since

1978

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2000

Bijal popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1978

Last recorded 2000
Peak year (1984)
13
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
468101214 2000199519911988198419801978 8

Bijal by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
60 births that decade — 47% of Bijal's all-time total
1970s171980s601990s462000s5

Bijal by state

Where Bijal concentrates geographically — total births since 1978

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Bijal
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New Jersey
5 3.9%
New Jersey share of Bijal's total US births 3.9%

5 of 128 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Bijal?
128 babies have been named Bijal since 1978. It was last recorded in 2000. The peak year was 1984 with 13 births.
When was Bijal most popular?
Bijal was most popular in the 1980s decade with 60 total births. The single peak year was 1984.
Where is Bijal most popular?
The top states for the name Bijal are New Jersey (5 births).
How long has the name Bijal been used?
Bijal has been recorded in Social Security data since 1978, spanning 23 years of data through 2000.
What names are similar to Bijal?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Bijou, Bijoux, Bijan, Bijon. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1978–2000 (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.