Bayan
- #2,099 for girls in 2025, 89 births
- Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
- Given to girls 90.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 89 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,152since 1988
Bayan over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,099 | 89 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,347 | 78 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,181 | 51 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,689 | 64 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,435 | 45 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #2,416 | 72 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #3,085 | 52 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #3,438 | 45 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #3,479 | 44 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,656 | 42 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,069 | 36 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,178 | 35 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,887 | 28 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #5,710 | 23 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,353 | 33 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #5,891 | 23 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #4,944 | 29 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,358 | 33 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,949 | 26 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Bayan! It came in at #10,386, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1988–1990, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.
Where Bayan is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#484 · 1 in 2,102
- New York#859 · 1 in 4,352
- New Jersey#1,036 · 1 in 5,917
- Illinois#1,113 · 1 in 6,333
- California#3,095 · 1 in 32,345
Best ever in a state: #484 in Michigan, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Michigan | #484 | 17 | 1 in 2,102 |
| New York | #859 | 18 | 1 in 4,352 |
| New Jersey | #1,036 | 6 | 1 in 5,917 |
| Illinois | #1,113 | 7 | 1 in 6,333 |
| California | #3,095 | 5 | 1 in 32,345 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Bayan
- 317 spots since 2020 (#2,416 → #2,099)
- Debuted 1988
- Peaked 2025 at #2,099 (89 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 18,059 girls born in 2025 were named Bayan (0.01%)
- 34.6% of all girls named Bayan (399) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1987, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 15 | #8,037 (1989) | #9,212 |
| 1990s | 154 | #4,636 (1998) | #6,311 |
| 2000s | 227 | #4,358 (2006) | #5,712 |
| 2010s | 357 | #3,085 (2019) | #4,350 |
| 2020s | 399 | #2,099 (2025) | #2,695 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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