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

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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

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202002peak #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.

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.

Baily in 2002

girls
#3,103
46 births · 1 in 39,063 girls
boys
#2,943
31 births · 1 in 62,629 boys

Top girls' names in 2002

  1. #1Emily24,470
  2. #2Madison21,774
  3. #3Hannah18,828
  4. #4Emma16,558
  5. #5Alexis15,636
  6. #6Ashley15,344
  7. #7Abigail15,303
  8. #8Sarah14,779
  9. #9Samantha14,671
  10. #10Olivia14,631
  11. #3,103Baily46

Top boys' names in 2002

  1. #1Jacob30,586
  2. #2Michael28,258
  3. #3Joshua25,998
  4. #4Matthew25,154
  5. #5Ethan22,113
  6. #6Andrew22,037
  7. #7Joseph21,920
  8. #8Christopher21,689
  9. #9Nicholas21,390
  10. #10Daniel21,352
  11. #2,943Baily31
More about 2002

girls

1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 39,063 of them was named Baily, which outranked 82.8% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Baily
  1. #3,069Yakira47
  2. #3,069Yamilex47
  3. #3,069Zeinab47
  4. #3,103Baily46
  5. #3,103Ainslee46
  6. #3,103Arlyn46
  7. #3,103Chenoa46
  8. #3,146Abria45
  9. #3,146Aeryn45
  10. #3,146Ahna45

Tied with 42 names at #3,103; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. 1,168Cadence#2,126#958
  2. 949Lisbeth#1,573#624
  3. 710Ashanti#825#115
  4. 464Elle#1,076#612
  5. 412Nyla#865#453
Fallers
  1. 1,141Citlalli#609#1,750
  2. 748Nallely#772#1,520
  3. 617Dafne#967#1,584
  4. 582Beyonce#700#1,282
  5. 540Mikaila#928#1,468

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,941,514 boys got a published name in 2002; 1 in 62,629 of them was named Baily, which outranked 76.4% of the 12,489 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Baily
  1. #2,882Woodrow32
  2. #2,882Zak32
  3. #2,882Zaki32
  4. #2,943Baily31
  5. #2,943Aarron31
  6. #2,943Adler31
  7. #2,943Alexandros31
  8. #3,022Abiel30
  9. #3,022Abisai30
  10. #3,022Amonte30

Tied with 78 names at #2,943; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. 10,021Omarion#10,556#535
  2. 3,583Amarion#4,302#719
  3. 3,370Yahir#3,974#604
  4. 1,466Gael#2,185#719
  5. 1,287Lisandro#2,185#898
Fallers
  1. 546Daunte#968#1,514
  2. 405Imanol#921#1,326
  3. 376Shemar#594#970
  4. 347Jade#958#1,305
  5. 311Jalon#873#1,184

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2002