girls:
107.7k births since 1916
#349 (94th percentile)
boys:
21.4k births since 1880
#782 (83rd percentile)
overall:
129.1k births since 1880
#576 (93rd percentile)
The name Bailey is the #576 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 129,126 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 92.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 92.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #349 (93.9% percentile) for all time with 107,678 births since 1916. For boys, it ranks #782 (83.0% percentile) for all time with 21,448 births since 1880.
Bailey has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for boys and since 1916 for girls).
The name Bailey has been given predominantly to girls, with 83.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 91.7% of babies named Bailey were girls. Interestingly, until around 1981, the name was more popular for boys (95.9% boys from 1880 to 1980), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (84.9% girls from 1981 to 2023).
For girls, Bailey reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 93.2% percentile (ranked #60) with 2,681 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 2,681 births per million (ranked 93.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Bailey ranks #167 for girls (82.5% percentile) with 959 births per million, which is 35.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Bailey reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 81.0% percentile (ranked #151) with 1,149 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 1,149 births per million (ranked 81.0% percentile). Despite a peak around 2018, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Bailey ranks #765 for boys (16.0% percentile) with 82 births per million, which is 7.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bailey".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Bailey. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Bailey is pronounced as BAY-lee, which has 2 syllables.
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