Bailey

Where Bailey comes from

(English topographic surname): See bailey (“outer castle wall”)
— Wiktionary's entry for Bailey
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Bailey through the years
  1. 1916
    First appearance
    #3,919 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1980
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1988
    Bailey Jay born
    American pornographic actress
  4. 1992
    Bailey Wright born
    Australian association football player
  5. 1998
    Peak, #60
    5,198 babies named Bailey, the most in any year.
  6. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #125.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Bailey Jay · American pornographic actress, born 1988
  • Bailey Wright · Australian association football player, born 1992
  • Bailey Peacock-Farrell · Northern Irish association football player, born 1996
  • Bailey Olter · President of Federated States of Micronesia, 1932–1999
  • Bailey Chase · American actor, born 1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.