Bailey Girl
How popular is Bailey?
#208 girl name in 2025
1,446 baby girls were named Bailey in the US in 2025, making it the 208th most popular girl name. Another 138 boys got the name (#1,358 for boys).
Bailey popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #208 for girls (▼ 26 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,446 girls, 138 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-49% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #107 in 2015, #172 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1998 (5,198 girls) |
| Highest rank | #60 in 1998 |
| First recorded | 1916 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 6% boys, 94% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Bailey counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Bailey family of names ranked #157 for girls in 2025 (#140 the year before), with 2,141 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bailey | 1,446 | 68% |
| Baylee | 248 | 12% |
| Bailee | 227 | 11% |
| Bayleigh | 78 | 4% |
| Baileigh | 39 | 2% |
| Bayley | 31 | 1% |
| Baylie | 28 | 1% |
| Baleigh | 12 | 1% |
| Bali | 14 | 1% |
| Baily | 8 | 0% |
| Bailie | 10 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Bailey is most popular
Babies named Bailey per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Hampshire: 4.1 per 1,000 (75 girls)
- West Virginia: 2.8 per 1,000 (74 girls)
- Alaska: 2.8 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Maine: 2.7 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- Hawaii: 2.6 per 1,000 (30 girls)
Bailey by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1920s | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1950s | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1970s | 28 | #4,230 |
| 1980s | 4,082 | #257 |
| 1990s | 31,621 | #60 |
| 2000s | 36,881 | #68 |
| 2010s | 28,302 | #78 |
| 2020s | 9,875 | #162 |
Girl names about as popular as Bailey
Questions
- Is Bailey a boy or girl name?
- Bailey is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 94% of babies named Bailey were girls.
- How popular is the name Bailey?
- 1,446 baby girls were named Bailey in the US in 2025, making it the 208th most popular girl name. Another 138 boys got the name (#1,358 for boys).
- When was Bailey most popular?
- Bailey peaked in 1998, when 5,198 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #60 in 1998.
- How many people are named Bailey?
- 132,544 babies have been named Bailey in the US since 1880. We estimate about 129,411 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 23.
- Where is Bailey most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Bailey was most common in New Hampshire, at 4.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.