Bahaa
Bahaa is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Bahaa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bahaa is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Bahaa
The earliest SSA record of Bahaa as a baby boy name dates back to 2005, when 5 babies received it. 2005 was its biggest year on record, with 5 newborns named Bahaa — #11,471 in the national rankings. About 67% of every Bahaa on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Bahaa last appeared in the published SSA data in 2011, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 15 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Bahaa
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Names that sound like Bahaa
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About the name Bahaa
Bahaa is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2005 and has accumulated 15 births in the dataset. Bahaa's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #11,471. Use the chart and map above to compare Bahaa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.