How Many People Are Named Bahja?
An estimated 161 people in the United States have the first name Bahja. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 19 years old, and Bahja peaked in popularity in 2017 with 13 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Bahja as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Bahja paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
161
About 1 in 2,128,909 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
19
years old
Peak Year
2017
13 births
Total Registered
164
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Bahja
Bahja is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 164 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Bahja as a female name
Ranked #15,541 in 2023
5 female births in 2023
Peak: 2017 (13 births)
Bahja: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Bahja span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 47 babies were registered. While Bahja is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Bahja by Decade
How has Bahja tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Bahja by State
Bahja + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Bahja as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Bahja
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Bahja: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Bahja?
We estimate approximately 161 people named Bahja are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,128,909 Americans share this first name.
Is Bahja a common name?
Bahja is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 71.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 164 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Bahja most popular?
Bahja reached peak popularity in 2017, when 13 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Bahja is approximately 19 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Bahja a female name?
Bahja is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Bahja Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Bahja Smith, Bahja Johnson, Bahja Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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