Baiba

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Baiba is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Latvia than in any other country, where it is the 83rd most common given name. Recorded meaning: Sievietes vārds.

rarermore common
  • LVLatvia1 in 298(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 2.2M
  • ISIceland1 in 39K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Latvia (measured from records)

6,321 people

Sources
87 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 298 (inferred from the name graph)

Latvia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Latvian

Sievietes vārds

Sources 1

  • Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Baiba counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Baiba is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
LV Latvia#836,3211 in 2986.3KBaiba81
US United States—1521 in 2.2M148Baiba87
GB United Kingdom—≈150 est.≈1 in 450K—Baiba45
RU Russia—≈130 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Baiba4
DE Germany—≈130 est.≈1 in 626K—Baiba49
NO Norway—≈51 est.≈1 in 107K194Baiba8
LT Lithuania—≈49 est.≈1 in 56K—Baiba10
EE Estonia—≈14 est.≈1 in 88K14Baiba4
IS Iceland—91 in 39K9—3

6,321 people counted by PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Baiba is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Latvia, France, United States, Morocco

    Also written Baïba, Bàîbà

  • Swahili given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Latvia, United States

    Also written Baïba

  • Russian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Latvia, Ukraine, Estonia

    Also written Байба, Баиба

  • Arabic given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Latvia, Morocco, United States, Algeria

    Also written Bãībå

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Baïba

  • Ukrainian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Latvia

    Also written Байба, Баиба

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Baiba Indriksone, b. 1932Baiba Caune, b. 1945Baiba Rivža, b. 1949Baiba Damberga, b. 1957Baiba Braže, b. 1966Baiba Sipeniece-Gavare, b. 1970Baiba Broka, b. 1973Baiba Broka, b. 1975Baiba Skride, b. 1981Baiba Bendika, b. 1991

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Baiba
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
LV LatviaPMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register)—6.3K—
LV LatviaPMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup)—6.3K#70
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—194#4,878
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020148#45,015
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—14#2,089
IS IcelandÞjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry)20269—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19535—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20204#45,015
EE EstoniaSiseministeerium — population register name list 20232023——

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Baiba mean?
Recorded meaning: Sievietes vārds
Is Baiba a male or female name?
Baiba is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Baiba?
In the etymology graph, Barbara, Bobbie and Bobbi are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Baiba have the most bearers?
In Latvia, the national register counted about 6.3 thousand people named Baiba, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled baiba.
Where is Baiba most common?
Baiba is densest in Latvia, where the national register counts about 1 in 298 people carrying it.
How common is the name Baiba?
In Latvia, the national register counted 6,321 people named Baiba, about 1 in 298 residents.
How common is Baiba compared with other names?
In Latvia, Baiba is the 83rd most common given name of 11,601 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Baiba” — the 83rd most common given name in Latvia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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