Bayan
The Story of Bayan
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Bayan as a girl name dates back to 1988, when 6 babies received it. 2024 was its biggest year on record, with 78 newborns named Bayan — #2,341 in the national rankings. About 37% of every Bayan on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Bayan ranks #2,502 for girls with 71 births, rising sharply (+29% over the past five years). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Bayan on the record books as a boy name in 1985, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1987, when 8 Bayans were born — ranking #4,967 that year. About 29% of every Bayan on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Bayan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 115 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Bayan
Bayan is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1988 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Bayan's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #2,341. Use the chart and map above to compare Bayan'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 .
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