Bailey

#208 for girls in 2025, 1,446 births · #1,358 for boys in 2025, 138 births
Given to girls 83.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
#60
1998 · 5,198 births
Debut · girls
1916
6 births
In top 100 · girls
16 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
110,806
since 1916

Bailey over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #60, 1998peak #151, 1997girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2081,446#1,358138
2024#1821,652#1,271155
2023#1721,683#1,271151
2022#1821,649#1,516119
2021#1621,775#1,496119
2020#1721,670#1,68593
2019#1571,819#1,450120
2018#1332,181#1,375128
2017#1252,433#1,264144
2016#1162,712#1,522110
2015#1072,853#1,491111
2014#1042,951#1,306135
2013#1053,019#1,361124
2012#813,418#1,383121
2011#883,318#1,101168
2010#783,598#997196
2009#853,643#938219
2008#823,907#791277
2007#843,934#673355
2006#1122,980#637366
2005#1082,991#515477
2004#1003,309#433599
2003#983,467#357759
2002#843,662#325851
2001#694,339#2661,234
2000#684,649#2021,755
1999#654,809#1672,208
1998#605,198#1542,239
1997#655,024#1512,296
1996#854,192#2001,550
1995#963,488#2771,010
1994#1372,351#768188
1993#1462,134#945129
1992#1771,730#987119
1991#2081,435#1,088100
1990#2271,260#1,16687
1989#2571,051#1,13088
1988#269942#1,14577
1987#383611#1,19565
1986#430500#1,58841
1985#612309#1,61439
1984#652267#1,53140
1983#959152#1,82230
1982#1,213110#1,51441
1981#1,44584#2,03826
1980#1,90456#1,85230
1979#4,23117#2,46519
1978#8,5626#2,66916
1977—#2,45818
1976—#2,70915
1975#9,0675#2,90213
1974—#2,45916
1973—#2,21618
1972—#2,41815
1971—#2,12619
1970—#1,98920
1969—#1,60526
1968—#2,31113
1967—#1,50726
1966—#1,65022
1965—#2,08415
1964—#1,65523
1963—#1,69522
1962—#1,75721
1961—#2,24214
1960—#2,12115
1959—#1,50128
1958—#1,72421
1957—#1,41131
1956#5,9525#1,51127
1955—#1,45828
1954—#1,40829
1953—#1,50825
1952—#1,26834
1951—#1,37329
1950—#1,22035
1949—#1,32230
1948—#1,40027
1947—#1,39428
1946—#1,25731
1945—#1,18031
1944—#1,17332
1943—#1,34327
1942—#1,24431
1941—#1,15233
1940—#1,20831
1939—#1,03338
1938—#1,10934
1937—#98241
1936—#1,11834
1935—#1,05737
1934—#1,21330
1933—#1,10335
1932—#1,03541
1931—#1,14535
1930—#1,06942
1929—#1,17335
1928—#1,03145
1927—#1,19836
1926—#1,27832
1925#4,4266#1,33230
1924—#1,07144
1923—#1,25633
1922—#1,14039
1921—#1,01148
1920—#98748
1919—#1,15936
1918—#1,12437
1917—#1,17533
1916#3,9196#88850
1915—#1,10034
1914—#94934
1913—#1,02324
1912—#87626
1911—#1,03811
1910—#1,04510
1909—#1,0209
1908—#1,1137
1907—#69914
1906—#61315
1905—#78610
1904—#76010
1903—#1,1305
1902—#74410
1901—#59612
1900—#55519
1899—#61311
1898—#57314
1897—#58413
1896—#8268
1895—#68510
1894—#63111
1893—#45916
1892—#68810
1891—#59710
1890—#53313
1889—#62810
1888—#9176
1887—#8196
1886—#7587
1885—#7657
1884—#8486
1883—#6778
1882—#6918
1881—#6538
1880—#52612
First appearance
1916

The first year at least five girls were named Bailey! It came in at #3,919, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1917–1924, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Bailey is popular in 1920

No state had 5 or more girls named Bailey in 1920, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Bailey
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 26 spots since 2024 (#182 → #208)
  • 36 spots since 2020 (#172 → #208)
  • 101 spots since 2015 (#107 → #208)
  • Biggest jump: 307 spots in 1984 (#959 → #652)
  • Biggest drop: 26 spots in 2025 (#182 → #208)
Rise & fade · girls
82 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1998 at #60 (5,198 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 16 yrs · run 1995–2004
  • Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1983–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 340
  • Highest: 1 in 340 girls born in 1998 were named Bailey (0.29%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,112 girls born in 2025 (0.09%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 33.3% of all girls named Bailey (36,881) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1980
  • Mostly boys until 1979, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s6#3,919 (1916)#3,919
1920s6#4,426 (1925)#4,426
1930s0——
1940s0——
1950s5#5,952 (1956)#5,952
1960s0——
1970s28#4,231 (1979)#7,287
1980s4,082#257 (1989)#812
1990s31,621#60 (1998)#127
2000s36,881#68 (2000)#89
2010s28,302#78 (2010)#109
2020s9,875#162 (2021)#180

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Bailey in 1920

boys
#987
48 births · 1 in 22,174 boys

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #987Bailey48
More about 1920

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 22,174 of them was named Bailey, which outranked 80.2% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bailey
  1. #975Wardell50
  2. #985Erling49
  3. #985Minoru49
  4. #987Bailey48
  5. #987Agustin48
  6. #987Arch48
  7. #987Christ48
  8. #1,004Deward47
  9. #1,004Furman47
  10. #1,004Garvin47

Tied with 16 names at #987; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Harding#1,351 → #391
  2. ↑ 607Cameron#1,351 → #744
  3. ↑ 566Hardin#1,531 → #965
  4. ↑ 392Laurel#1,321 → #929
  5. ↑ 368Terrence#1,297 → #929
Fallers
  1. ↓ 789Pershing#593 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 580Woodroe#877 → #1,457
  3. ↓ 385Quinten#867 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 383Orvel#890 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 373Rexford#927 → #1,300

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1920 →