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.
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 1993
Top girls' names in 1993
Top boys' names in 1993
More about 1993
girls
1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 848 of them was named Bailey, which outranked 99.1% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 15,204 of them was named Bailey, which outranked 90.7% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #942Dejuan130
- #942Emerson130
- #942Tavon130
- #945Bailey129
- #945Abram129
- #945Asher129
- #945Darrion129
- #951Deontae128
- #951Jerod128
- #953Domingo127
Tied with 5 names at #945; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.