Bahja
Girl · BAH-jah · Arabic
Bahja is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “joy, delight”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Bahja mean?
Arabic: Arabic bahja
“joy, delight”
- Say it
- BAH-jah
Is Bahja a girl's or a boy's name?
Bahja is a girls' name.
How popular is Bahja in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 8 girls.
Bahja in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Bahja in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Bahja in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bahja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
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