girls:
3.1k births since 1955
#3110 (46th percentile)
overall:
3.1k births since 1955
#4873 (37th percentile)
The name Baila is the #4,873 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,109 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 37.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 37.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,110 (45.6% percentile) for all time with 3,109 births since 1955.
Baila first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (first recorded for girls in 1955). Birth data for Baila is available in 57 out of the 69 years between 1955 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Baila reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 15.1% percentile (ranked #795) with 81 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 81 births per million (ranked 15.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1973, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Baila is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #811 (14.4% percentile) with 81 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Baila".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Baila. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.9% confident that Baila is pronounced as BAI-luh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BAY-luh, at 34.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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