Baila
Baila is a name with a single cultural origin: Yiddish.
- Yiddish
Meaning & Origin of Baila
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Baila is a name with a single cultural origin: Yiddish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Yiddish
The Story of Baila
The earliest SSA record of Baila as a baby girl name dates back to 1955, when 8 babies received it. 2024 was its biggest year on record, with 155 newborns named Baila — #1,427 in the national rankings. About 31% of every Baila on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Baila ranks #1,426 for baby girls with 155 births, gradually rising (+10%). All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Baila
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Baila. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Beyle
- Beylke
Names that sound like Baila
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About the name Baila
Baila is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1955 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Baila's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #1,426. Use the chart and map above to compare Baila'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.