Baily

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Peak · girls
1997 · 94 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,407
since 1984

Baily over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19801990200020102020peak #1,671, 1997peak #1,749, 1999girlsboys
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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#10,9178—
2024#7,59414—
2023#8,05513—
2022#9,05611—
2021#8,97811—
2020#12,1427—
2019#10,4739—
2018#8,14613—
2017#6,80817—
2016#10,8599—
2015#6,97717—
2014#6,45119—
2013#6,01721—
2012#3,91539—
2011#4,56831—
2010#3,36048—
2009#4,67731—
2008#3,64544#9,8717
2007#3,24752#10,9216
2006#3,73441#6,90411
2005#3,31746#7,6409
2004#3,33345#4,79317
2003#2,63860#6,25811
2002#3,10346#2,94331
2001#2,46163#2,68135
2000#2,14175#1,94453
1999#1,80488#1,74958
1998#1,81985#1,84953
1997#1,67194#1,75355
1996#2,42353#1,95845
1995#2,36755#3,19121
1994#3,44832#8,8005
1993#2,99039—
1992#3,14436—
1991#4,05925—
1990#3,71428—
1989#4,67019—
1988#3,89323—
1987#5,92312—
1986#5,75712—
1985#6,45710—
1984#9,1446—
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First appearance
1984

The first year at least five girls were named Baily! It came in at #9,144, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1984, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

Where Baily is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Baily in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Baily
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 3,323 spots since 2024 (#7,594 → #10,917)
  • 1,225 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #10,917)
  • 3,940 spots since 2015 (#6,977 → #10,917)
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1984
  • Peaked 1997 at #1,671 (94 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,518
  • Highest: 1 in 18,518 girls born in 1997 were named Baily (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 38.0% of all girls named Baily (535) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s82#3,893 (1988)#5,974
1990s535#1,671 (1997)#2,744
2000s503#2,141 (2000)#3,230
2010s223#3,360 (2010)#6,757
2020s64#7,594 (2024)#9,457

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.

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