Baya
Girl · BAH-yah
Baya is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Baya mean?
Used in North Africa and elsewhere; root uncertain
Baya Mahieddine (1931-1998) was an Algerian painter known simply as Baya.
- Say it
- BAH-yah
Is Baya a girl's or a boy's name?
Baya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Baya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 5 girls.
Baya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Baya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 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, 7 girls in the US were named Baya, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2010, with 70 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Baya in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Baya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 34 | #4,241 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,522 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,071 |
| 2010 | 70 | #2,589 |
| 2009 | 56 | #3,046 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
Names like Baya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Zainab Safaa Hiba Rahma Ayah Abeeha Ayra Zaya Nusaybah Raya