Bahati
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- bah-HAH-tee
- Origin
- Swahili
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Bahati is a girls' name of Swahili origin, meaning “luck, good fortune”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Bahati mean?
Swahili
“luck, good fortune”
Is Bahati a girl's or a boy's name?
Bahati is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Bahati in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Bahati, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975. 5 boys were also named Bahati in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Bahati in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bahati in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Bahati
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaliyah Naziyah Zhamira Nusaybah Zaniyah Zuriyah Aziyah Zahari Abeeha Amoura Zamira Zalayah
More Swahili names
Zuri Imani Malaika Emani Jabari Zhuri Imara Maisha Asante Imaani Malaikah Taraji Xuri Johari Simba Zamani
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bahati: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bahati, updated 20 October 2026.