Baya first appears in the U.S. registration record in 2001. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2010, 70 babies received the name (ranked #2589). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #8786), with roughly 12 babies named Baya each year. Baya's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 391 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.