Given name & surname
Bahati
“one with good fortune”
Bahati is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “one with good fortune.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “one with good fortune.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bahati through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 90
- 10 boys · 80 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #11,091 for girls · #12,267 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +85%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,091 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 5 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 405 as a first name in 2020; 447 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bahati’s family of names
Bahati has a related form in Bahatea. Bahati has a related form in Bahateah. Bahati has a related form in Bahatee.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Bahateyvariant
- Bahateahvariant
- Bahateavariant
- Bakhtvariant
- Bahytyvariant
- Bahytivariant
- Bahitivariant
- Bahateevariant
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