Bayah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Bayah by the numbers

Bayah was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 12 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Bayah

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bayah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Bayanclear, eloquent, or explanation20 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Brayah15 in the US (2017)
  • Baya10 in the US (2017)
  • Bryah7 in the US (2017)
  • BaylaGod is my oath; a form of Bella or Bailey41 in the US (2017)
  • Basyadaughter of God36 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Bayah

Names that are said the same way as Bayah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Baiabay5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Bayah

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