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
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 5,198 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 16 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 110,806since 1916
Bailey over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #208 | 1,446 | #1,358 | 138 |
| 2024 | #182 | 1,652 | #1,271 | 155 |
| 2023 | #172 | 1,683 | #1,271 | 151 |
| 2022 | #182 | 1,649 | #1,516 | 119 |
| 2021 | #162 | 1,775 | #1,496 | 119 |
| 2020 | #172 | 1,670 | #1,685 | 93 |
| 2019 | #157 | 1,819 | #1,450 | 120 |
| 2018 | #133 | 2,181 | #1,375 | 128 |
| 2017 | #125 | 2,433 | #1,264 | 144 |
| 2016 | #116 | 2,712 | #1,522 | 110 |
| 2015 | #107 | 2,853 | #1,491 | 111 |
| 2014 | #104 | 2,951 | #1,306 | 135 |
| 2013 | #105 | 3,019 | #1,361 | 124 |
| 2012 | #81 | 3,418 | #1,383 | 121 |
| 2011 | #88 | 3,318 | #1,101 | 168 |
| 2010 | #78 | 3,598 | #997 | 196 |
| 2009 | #85 | 3,643 | #938 | 219 |
| 2008 | #82 | 3,907 | #791 | 277 |
| 2007 | #84 | 3,934 | #673 | 355 |
| 2006 | #112 | 2,980 | #637 | 366 |
| 2005 | #108 | 2,991 | #515 | 477 |
| 2004 | #100 | 3,309 | #433 | 599 |
| 2003 | #98 | 3,467 | #357 | 759 |
| 2002 | #84 | 3,662 | #325 | 851 |
| 2001 | #69 | 4,339 | #266 | 1,234 |
| 2000 | #68 | 4,649 | #202 | 1,755 |
| 1999 | #65 | 4,809 | #167 | 2,208 |
| 1998 | #60 | 5,198 | #154 | 2,239 |
| 1997 | #65 | 5,024 | #151 | 2,296 |
| 1996 | #85 | 4,192 | #200 | 1,550 |
| 1995 | #96 | 3,488 | #277 | 1,010 |
| 1994 | #137 | 2,351 | #768 | 188 |
| 1993 | #146 | 2,134 | #945 | 129 |
| 1992 | #177 | 1,730 | #987 | 119 |
| 1991 | #208 | 1,435 | #1,088 | 100 |
| 1990 | #227 | 1,260 | #1,166 | 87 |
| 1989 | #257 | 1,051 | #1,130 | 88 |
| 1988 | #269 | 942 | #1,145 | 77 |
| 1987 | #383 | 611 | #1,195 | 65 |
| 1986 | #430 | 500 | #1,588 | 41 |
| 1985 | #612 | 309 | #1,614 | 39 |
| 1984 | #652 | 267 | #1,531 | 40 |
| 1983 | #959 | 152 | #1,822 | 30 |
| 1982 | #1,213 | 110 | #1,514 | 41 |
| 1981 | #1,445 | 84 | #2,038 | 26 |
| 1980 | #1,904 | 56 | #1,852 | 30 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | — | #2,458 | 18 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,709 | 15 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | — | #2,459 | 16 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,216 | 18 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,418 | 15 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,126 | 19 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,989 | 20 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,605 | 26 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,311 | 13 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,507 | 26 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,650 | 22 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,084 | 15 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,655 | 23 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,695 | 22 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,757 | 21 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,242 | 14 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,121 | 15 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,501 | 28 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,724 | 21 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,411 | 31 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1955 | — | #1,458 | 28 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,408 | 29 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,508 | 25 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,268 | 34 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,373 | 29 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,220 | 35 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,322 | 30 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,400 | 27 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,394 | 28 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,257 | 31 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,180 | 31 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,173 | 32 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,343 | 27 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,244 | 31 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,152 | 33 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,208 | 31 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,033 | 38 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,109 | 34 | |
| 1937 | — | #982 | 41 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,118 | 34 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,057 | 37 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,213 | 30 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,103 | 35 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,035 | 41 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,145 | 35 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,069 | 42 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,173 | 35 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,031 | 45 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,198 | 36 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,278 | 32 | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #1,332 | 30 |
| 1924 | — | #1,071 | 44 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,256 | 33 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,140 | 39 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,011 | 48 | |
| 1920 | — | #987 | 48 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,159 | 36 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,124 | 37 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,175 | 33 | |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #888 | 50 |
| 1915 | — | #1,100 | 34 | |
| 1914 | — | #949 | 34 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,023 | 24 | |
| 1912 | — | #876 | 26 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,038 | 11 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,045 | 10 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,020 | 9 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,113 | 7 | |
| 1907 | — | #699 | 14 | |
| 1906 | — | #613 | 15 | |
| 1905 | — | #786 | 10 | |
| 1904 | — | #760 | 10 | |
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | #744 | 10 | |
| 1901 | — | #596 | 12 | |
| 1900 | — | #555 | 19 | |
| 1899 | — | #613 | 11 | |
| 1898 | — | #573 | 14 | |
| 1897 | — | #584 | 13 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #685 | 10 | |
| 1894 | — | #631 | 11 | |
| 1893 | — | #459 | 16 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1890 | — | #533 | 13 | |
| 1889 | — | #628 | 10 | |
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #677 | 8 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
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 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#27 · 1 in 201
- Idaho#29 · 1 in 178
- West Virginia#31 · 1 in 179
- Kentucky#31 · 1 in 191
- Oklahoma#32 · 1 in 224
Best ever in a state: #9 in Wyoming, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #27 | 103 | 1 in 201 |
| Idaho | #29 | 38 | 1 in 178 |
| Kentucky | #31 | 101 | 1 in 191 |
| West Virginia | #31 | 38 | 1 in 179 |
| Oklahoma | #32 | 77 | 1 in 224 |
| Kansas | #35 | 62 | 1 in 222 |
| Nebraska | #38 | 36 | 1 in 228 |
| Montana | #39 | 17 | 1 in 174 |
| Hawaii | #40 | 18 | 1 in 187 |
| Missouri | #42 | 116 | 1 in 241 |
| Alabama | #43 | 79 | 1 in 253 |
| Colorado | #43 | 89 | 1 in 268 |
| Mississippi | #43 | 49 | 1 in 240 |
| South Carolina | #43 | 78 | 1 in 238 |
| Tennessee | #43 | 121 | 1 in 252 |
| Iowa | #46 | 54 | 1 in 245 |
| Arkansas | #47 | 45 | 1 in 262 |
| North Dakota | #47 | 14 | 1 in 188 |
| Utah | #47 | 73 | 1 in 261 |
| Indiana | #52 | 101 | 1 in 314 |
| Wyoming | #52 | 8 | 1 in 163 |
| North Carolina | #53 | 150 | 1 in 309 |
| Washington | #57 | 100 | 1 in 314 |
| Georgia | #62 | 150 | 1 in 338 |
| Oregon | #65 | 50 | 1 in 313 |
| Maine | #66 | 16 | 1 in 247 |
| South Dakota | #69 | 13 | 1 in 233 |
| Vermont | #76 | 6 | 1 in 213 |
| Texas | #86 | 366 | 1 in 455 |
| Florida | #87 | 187 | 1 in 440 |
| Nevada | #89 | 32 | 1 in 358 |
| New Mexico | #89 | 23 | 1 in 349 |
| Arizona | #92 | 76 | 1 in 441 |
| Michigan | #92 | 97 | 1 in 441 |
| Ohio | #92 | 131 | 1 in 416 |
| Pennsylvania | #94 | 119 | 1 in 459 |
| Minnesota | #97 | 57 | 1 in 435 |
| Virginia | #102 | 77 | 1 in 477 |
| Wisconsin | #103 | 54 | 1 in 454 |
| New Hampshire | #104 | 11 | 1 in 358 |
| Maryland | #118 | 49 | 1 in 504 |
| Delaware | #124 | 7 | 1 in 392 |
| Rhode Island | #132 | 7 | 1 in 439 |
| Illinois | #146 | 90 | 1 in 703 |
| California | #149 | 290 | 1 in 753 |
| Alaska | #161 | 5 | 1 in 468 |
| Connecticut | #180 | 17 | 1 in 742 |
| New York | #212 | 87 | 1 in 1,089 |
| District of Columbia | #215 | 5 | 1 in 600 |
| Massachusetts | #247 | 24 | 1 in 1,094 |
| New Jersey | #264 | 30 | 1 in 1,277 |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Bailey
- 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)
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1998 at #60 (5,198 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 16 yrs · run 1995–2004
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1983–2025
- Highest: 1 in 340 girls born in 1998 were named Bailey (0.29%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,112 girls born in 2025 (0.09%)
- 33.3% of all girls named Bailey (36,881) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1979, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,919 (1916) | #3,919 |
| 1920s | 6 | #4,426 (1925) | #4,426 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 5 | #5,952 (1956) | #5,952 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 28 | #4,231 (1979) | #7,287 |
| 1980s | 4,082 | #257 (1989) | #812 |
| 1990s | 31,621 | #60 (1998) | #127 |
| 2000s | 36,881 | #68 (2000) | #89 |
| 2010s | 28,302 | #78 (2010) | #109 |
| 2020s | 9,875 | #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 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 504 of them was named Bailey, which outranked 99.6% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 9,057 of them was named Bailey, which outranked 93.5% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).