Bayley
#4,460 for girls in 2025, 31 births · Last seen for boys in 2014 at #12,108
Given to girls 83.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1997 · 150 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,221since 1982
Bayley 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 | #4,460 | 31 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,963 | 37 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,999 | 26 | — | |
| 2022 | #6,464 | 18 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,090 | 35 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,453 | 30 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,085 | 52 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,928 | 56 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,384 | 76 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,966 | 56 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,705 | 41 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,425 | 46 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #3,703 | 41 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,040 | 55 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,603 | 43 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,516 | 45 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #3,000 | 57 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #2,630 | 70 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #2,418 | 78 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #2,850 | 61 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #3,317 | 46 | #5,578 | 14 |
| 2004 | #2,851 | 56 | #4,602 | 18 |
| 2003 | #2,771 | 56 | #3,838 | 22 |
| 2002 | #2,263 | 72 | #3,670 | 23 |
| 2001 | #2,096 | 79 | #3,842 | 21 |
| 2000 | #1,588 | 111 | #2,525 | 37 |
| 1999 | #1,525 | 112 | #2,023 | 47 |
| 1998 | #1,508 | 112 | #1,700 | 60 |
| 1997 | #1,204 | 150 | #1,730 | 56 |
| 1996 | #1,669 | 91 | #1,986 | 44 |
| 1995 | #1,531 | 100 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1994 | #2,432 | 52 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #2,639 | 46 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,777 | 43 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | — | |
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| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Bayley! It came in at #7,469, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1983, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Bayley is popular in 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Kansas#427 · 1 in 2,488
- Texas#1,546 · 1 in 15,505
- California#2,442 · 1 in 32,826
Best ever in a state: #338 in Kansas, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | #427 | 5 | 1 in 2,488 |
| Texas | #1,546 | 9 | 1 in 15,505 |
| California | #2,442 | 7 | 1 in 32,826 |
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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 Bayley
- 497 spots since 2024 (#3,963 → #4,460)
- 7 spots since 2020 (#4,453 → #4,460)
- 755 spots since 2015 (#3,705 → #4,460)
- Debuted 1982
- Peaked 1997 at #1,204 (150 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 11,605 girls born in 1997 were named Bayley (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 51,847 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 33.9% of all girls named Bayley (752) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 95 | #4,172 (1988) | #5,699 |
| 1990s | 752 | #1,204 (1997) | #2,397 |
| 2000s | 686 | #1,588 (2000) | #2,578 |
| 2010s | 511 | #2,384 (2017) | #3,236 |
| 2020s | 177 | #3,963 (2024) | #4,738 |
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.
Bayley in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 19,264 of them was named Bayley, which outranked 89.5% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,656Nichelle92
- #1,656Rene92
- #1,656Tamar92
- #1,669Bayley91
- #1,669Allissa91
- #1,669Aminah91
- #1,669Arianne91
- #1,685Alora90
- #1,685Ayesha90
- #1,685Breeana90
Tied with 15 names at #1,669; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 43,052 of them was named Bayley, which outranked 81.2% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,958Tyriq45
- #1,958Vivek45
- #1,958Yoel45
- #1,986Bayley44
- #1,986Alize44
- #1,986Aris44
- #1,986Avi44
- #2,017Aarron43
- #2,017Andrei43
- #2,017Ashwin43
Tied with 30 names at #1,986; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.