girls:
985 births since 1988
#4731 (17th percentile)
boys:
115 births since 1985
#4471 (2nd percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1985
#6639 (14th percentile)
The name Bayan is the #6,639 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,100 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 14.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,731 (17.2% percentile) for all time with 985 births since 1988. For boys, it ranks #4,471 (2.4% percentile) for all time with 115 births since 1985.
Bayan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (1985 for boys and 1988 for girls). Birth data for Bayan is available in 38 out of the 39 years between 1985 and 2023 (36 years for girls and 19 years for boys). 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.
The name Bayan has been given predominantly to girls, with 89.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Bayan were girls. Interestingly, until around 1990, the name was more popular for boys (62.5% boys from 1985 to 1989), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (91.5% girls from 1990 to 2023).
For girls, Bayan reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 7.1% percentile (ranked #873) with 41 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 41 births per million (ranked 7.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Bayan ranks #901 for girls (4.9% percentile) with 29 births per million, which is 71.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Bayan reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #753) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1987, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bayan".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Bayan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 27.8% confident that Bayan is pronounced as BAY-uhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is bah-YAHN, at 19.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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