Binta

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Binta is a feminine name of West African origin, popular among Islamised peoples in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mauritania, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Niger, Nigeria, and The Gambia. It can also rendered as Bintu. It is derived from the Arabic بنت, which means "daughter" or "girl".

From Wikipedia

Binta first appears in the data in 1972 and has been recorded in 40 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2007 with 28 babies (rank #5,116 that year). In 2024 it was given to 18 girls (rank #6,408). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Binta

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Binta yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

588
Total babies (all years)
40
Years in the data
28
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19726#7,357
19755#9,211
197716#4,249
197811#5,599
197910#6,232
198010#6,358
19837#8,132
19906#11,571
19936#11,953
19947#10,709
19958#9,679
199615#6,097
19977#11,008
19988#10,254
199911#8,307
200015#6,851
200113#7,798
200218#6,177
200321#5,615
200416#7,127
200520#6,044
200618#6,906
200728#5,116
200811#10,192
200920#6,599
201016#7,589
201120#6,375
201219#6,638
201313#8,658
201415#7,725
201515#7,679
201615#7,660
201715#7,509
201825#5,185
201914#7,802
202023#5,347
202124#5,259
202215#7,332
202328#4,767
202418#6,408