Bijou — #16139 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Bijou

The Social Security Administration has registered 292 babies named Bijou between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bijou currently holds the #16139 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bijou performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Bijou shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bijou in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bijou 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 292 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.