Fun Facts About the Name Baja
- 5 babies named Baja: U.S. records list 5 babies given the name Baja from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Baja Mean?
Baja is a personal name of uncertain meaning and origin. It matches the Spanish word baja, meaning "a lowering," "drop," or "ebb," but that is a vocabulary word rather than a personal-name root. A connection with Arabic Bahja (بهجة), meaning "joy" or "delight," is sometimes suggested, but it is not firmly established.
Baja Name History & Origins
Baja is clearer as a place name than as a given name. In English it is most often encountered in Baja California, from Spanish baja ("lower"); the Hungarian city of Baja and the Tunisian city of Béja, whose Arabic form is Bāja, are separate place names. None of these geographic uses supplies a documented personal-name etymology. The personal-name history of Baja is obscure, and no specific earlier form or line of transmission can be given with confidence.
How Popular is the Name Baja?
Baja has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2014. Its best rank was #16,950 in 2014.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #16,950 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Baja Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You can go to great heights and equally great depths. You are emotional and fixed in your opinions. You are hospitable, sentimental, often psychic, sometimes moody. You are ruled by love and the lack of it and feel a need to be encouraged and appreciated. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are seeking freedom, opportunities to enjoy life: to make love, to go places and to do things. You are very adventurous and willing to take risk to achieve your objectives. New ways and new experiences can't satisfy your restless nature. One adventure leads you to another. You are honest and fair, because you know that this is the only way to receive justice and honesty from other people. But your personal growth is vital for you, and it is difficult to be tied down by rules and obligations. Your restless spirit might best controlled by choosing the field of work that meet your demand for action and adventure.
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