Baily
Baily is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 14 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 140.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 199794 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1984
- 1,816people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,399 girls have been named Baily in the United States since 1984, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1997, with 94 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 1990s alone account for 38%.
Baily is used for both sexes: 23% of its bearers are boys (417), most of them born around 1999.
By decade
In 1997, its biggest year
Baily was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1997 were Emily, Jessica, Ashley, Sarah and Hannah. See all of 1997.
Names that rose and fell with Baily
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Destineepeak 1999
- Adreannapeak 1997
- Destinipeak 1999
- Cheyannepeak 1999
- Baylipeak 1997
- Cayleypeak 1998
- Briannapeak 2000
- Chyannepeak 1999
Other spellings in the data
- Bailey130,947 ever
- Baylee22,148 ever
- Bailee16,012 ever
- Baylie3,443 ever
- Bayley2,623 ever
- Bailie1,643 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.