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

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Peak · girls
1997 · 150 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,221
since 1982

Bayley over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #1,204, 1997peak #1,700, 1998girlsboys
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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#4,46031
2024#3,96337
2023#4,99926
2022#6,46418
2021#4,09035
2020#4,45330
2019#3,08552
2018#2,92856
2017#2,38476
2016#2,96656
2015#3,70541
2014#3,42546#12,1085
2013#3,70341
2012#3,04055
2011#3,60343
2010#3,51645#8,1399
2009#3,00057#12,4915
2008#2,63070#8,3249
2007#2,41878#6,62212
2006#2,85061#7,42710
2005#3,31746#5,57814
2004#2,85156#4,60218
2003#2,77156#3,83822
2002#2,26372#3,67023
2001#2,09679#3,84221
2000#1,588111#2,52537
1999#1,525112#2,02347
1998#1,508112#1,70060
1997#1,204150#1,73056
1996#1,66991#1,98644
1995#1,531100#2,55629
1994#2,43252#5,8689
1993#2,63946
1992#2,77743
1991#3,81727
1990#4,86819
1989#4,67019#7,9055
1988#4,17221
1987#5,07415
1986#5,75712
1985#6,45710
1984#6,29110
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First appearance
1982

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.

See more about Bayley
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 497 spots since 2024 (#3,963#4,460)
  • 7 spots since 2020 (#4,453#4,460)
  • 755 spots since 2015 (#3,705#4,460)
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1982
  • Peaked 1997 at #1,204 (150 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 11,605
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 33.9% of all girls named Bayley (752) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
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  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s95#4,172 (1988)#5,699
1990s752#1,204 (1997)#2,397
2000s686#1,588 (2000)#2,578
2010s511#2,384 (2017)#3,236
2020s177#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 1999

girls
#1,525
112 births · 1 in 15,838 girls
boys
#2,023
47 births · 1 in 40,854 boys

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #1,525Bayley112

Top boys' names in 1999

  1. #1Jacob35,371
  2. #2Michael33,915
  3. #3Matthew30,418
  4. #4Joshua27,265
  5. #5Nicholas25,639
  6. #6Christopher25,604
  7. #7Andrew23,866
  8. #8Joseph23,220
  9. #9Daniel22,704
  10. #10Tyler22,669
  11. #2,023Bayley47
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 15,838 of them was named Bayley, which outranked 91.0% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bayley
  1. #1,515Lora113
  2. #1,515Phoenix113
  3. #1,515Yulisa113
  4. #1,525Bayley112
  5. #1,525Adela112
  6. #1,525Harper112
  7. #1,525Lexy112
  8. #1,532Jaelynn111
  9. #1,532Jalisa111
  10. #1,532Malika111

Tied with 6 names at #1,525; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. 1,407Citlalli#2,338#931
  2. 1,329Noelia#2,048#719
  3. 1,060Amaya#1,458#398
  4. 864Kyara#1,789#925
  5. 604Journey#1,557#953
Fallers
  1. 579Erykah#779#1,358
  2. 417Tea#747#1,164
  3. 415Tasia#800#1,215
  4. 406Monika#930#1,336
  5. 357Chase#952#1,309

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

boys

1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 40,854 of them was named Bayley, which outranked 82.6% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bayley
  1. #1,995Trevaughn48
  2. #1,995Wiley48
  3. #1,995Zach48
  4. #2,023Bayley47
  5. #2,023Aharon47
  6. #2,023Al47
  7. #2,023Alston47
  8. #2,063Amer46
  9. #2,063Amon46
  10. #2,063Arin46

Tied with 39 names at #2,023; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. 1,239Trajan#2,235#996
  2. 669Tyreese#1,558#889
  3. 595Latrell#1,231#636
  4. 420Zion#694#274
  5. 414Xander#1,338#924
Fallers
  1. 381Jaret#555#936
  2. 362Kordell#841#1,203
  3. 313Juwan#524#837
  4. 296Jarett#743#1,039
  5. 288Christion#989#1,277

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

See the top 100 for 1999