Batya
Girl · BAHT-ya · Hebrew
Batya is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “daughter of God”. In 2025 it ranked 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).
What does Batya mean?
Hebrew
“daughter of God”
Jewish tradition gives this name to Pharaoh's daughter, who rescued the baby Moses from the Nile.
- Say it
- BAHT-ya
Is Batya a girl's or a boy's name?
Batya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Batya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 5 girls.
Half of all the girls named Batya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Batya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Batya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,171among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 47,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Batya, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. It first appears in the records in 1970.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Batya of any year since it first appeared, in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Batya in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Batya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,171 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Nicknames for Batya
- Bat
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