girls:
378 births since 2001
#5338 (7th percentile)
overall:
378 births since 2001
#7361 (5th percentile)
The name Baya is the #7,361 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 378 recorded births since 2001. This represents the 4.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,338 (6.6% percentile) for all time with 378 births since 2001.
Baya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2001 (first recorded for girls in 2001). Birth data for Baya is available in 16 out of the 23 years between 2001 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, Baya reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 6.9% percentile (ranked #879) with 36 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 36 births per million (ranked 6.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Baya ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 12.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Baya".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Baya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.1% confident that Baya is pronounced as BAY-uh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BAH-yuh, at 21.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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