Biju — boys' name
17 babies named Biju in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Biju was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Biju in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Biju
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Biju between 1978 and 1979, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Biju currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Biju performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Biju in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Biju 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 17 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.
Biju at a glance
Last recorded 1979Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Biju popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1978
- Peak year (1978)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 2 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1979.
17 total births across 2 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 9 births in a single year.
Biju by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 17 births that decade — 100% of Biju's all-time total
Biju decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Biju's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Biju by state
Where Biju concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 29.4% |
5 of 17 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 29.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 29.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1978–1979 (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.