Baily
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #9,871
Given to girls 77.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1997 · 94 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,407since 1984
Baily over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #10,917 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,055 | 13 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | — | |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,808 | 17 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,915 | 39 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,568 | 31 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,360 | 48 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,677 | 31 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,645 | 44 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #3,247 | 52 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #3,734 | 41 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #3,317 | 46 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #3,333 | 45 | #4,793 | 17 |
| 2003 | #2,638 | 60 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #3,103 | 46 | #2,943 | 31 |
| 2001 | #2,461 | 63 | #2,681 | 35 |
| 2000 | #2,141 | 75 | #1,944 | 53 |
| 1999 | #1,804 | 88 | #1,749 | 58 |
| 1998 | #1,819 | 85 | #1,849 | 53 |
| 1997 | #1,671 | 94 | #1,753 | 55 |
| 1996 | #2,423 | 53 | #1,958 | 45 |
| 1995 | #2,367 | 55 | #3,191 | 21 |
| 1994 | #3,448 | 32 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #2,990 | 39 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,144 | 36 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,059 | 25 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,714 | 28 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,893 | 23 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | — | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | — | |
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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.
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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
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 82 | #3,893 (1988) | #5,974 |
| 1990s | 535 | #1,671 (1997) | #2,744 |
| 2000s | 503 | #2,141 (2000) | #3,230 |
| 2010s | 223 | #3,360 (2010) | #6,757 |
| 2020s | 64 | #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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