Bailey
Bailey is ranked 182nd among girls in 2024 (1,644 births). Its best rank was 60th, in 1998.
- Rank in 2024
- #182down 10 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,6440.10% of girls
- Peak year
- 19985,199 births
- Best rank
- #60in 1998
- Since 1916
- 130,947people given the name
The story in the numbers
109,344 girls have been named Bailey in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 5,199 births — 0.29% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 104 → 182).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2000s alone account for 34%. It has spent 42 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 16 of them in the top 100.
Bailey is used for both sexes: 16% of its bearers are boys (21,603), most of them born around 1997.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Bailey | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | |
| 1920s | 6 | |
| 1950s | 5 | |
| 1970s | 28 | |
| 1980s | 4,083 | |
| 1990s | 31,623 | |
| 2000s | 36,880 | |
| 2010s | 28,298 | |
| 2020s | 8,415 |
In 1998, its biggest year
Bailey was the 60th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1998 were Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Bailey
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Imanipeak 1998
- Baleighpeak 1999
- Lakotapeak 1997
- Kassidipeak 1998
- Savannahpeak 2000
- Rayvenpeak 2004
- Kailahpeak 2002
- Kyliapeak 2003
Other spellings in the data
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.