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Bailee

Gender
Mostly girls
Say it
BAY-lee
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#3,409 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,069 for girls

Bailee is a name of English origin, meaning “bailiff”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 1,069th for girls in the US (227 babies).

What does Bailee mean?

English: spelling of Bailey, an English occupational surname

“bailiff”

A spelling of Bailey, from the surname for a bailiff, a steward or officer of the law.

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Is Bailee a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Bailee has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 227 girls and 6 boys in the US.

How popular is Bailee in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,409among girls
Babies in 2025
7about 1 in 40,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 33% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Bailee, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 24 girls.

Half of all the girls named Bailee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 79 girls in the UK were given Bailee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #528, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 42% of the babies named Bailee in the UK in 2003, and 27% in 2023.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.

1999Busiest: 24 in 20122025
Bailee in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20257#3,409
20248#3,076
20233#5,929
20228#3,050
202116#1,882
202012#2,268
201910#2,590
20185#4,204
20176#3,774
201616#1,941
201515#1,988
201417#1,810
20139#2,796
201224#1,430
201112#2,265
201013#2,103
20097#3,201
200817#1,679
200716#1,694
20065#3,724
200512#1,912
20040–
200310#1,954
20027#2,436
20011#5,353
20004#3,399
19991#5,182

How popular is Bailee in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,069among girls
Babies in 2025
227about 1 in 7,100 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 36% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 227 girls in the US were named Bailee, making it the 1,069th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 850th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 658 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982. 6 boys were also named Bailee in 2025 (10,690th for boys).

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Bailee than any year since 1994.

Half of all the girls named Bailee in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,144 girls in the US were given Bailee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #166, up from #1,069 for this spelling alone.

1982Busiest: 658 in 20002025
Bailee in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025227#1,069
2024261#990
2023283#936
2022313#889
2021340#816
2020320#850
2019416#694
2018477#627
2017521#581
2016521#588
2015562#552
2014551#559
2013575#517
2012612#501
2011529#552
2010553#527
2009540#566
2008598#517
2007632#506
2006447#643
2005427#649
2004442#620
2003437#613
2002521#528
2001591#470
2000658#429
1999641#431
1998640#414
1997643#407
1996503#479
1995395#582
1994217#884
1993184#1,004
1992152#1,154
1991132#1,266
1990114#1,381
198982#1,663
198864#1,907
198741#2,491
198633#2,844
198516#4,633
198416#4,477
19835#10,272
19828#7,467

Names like Bailee

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Bailee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bailee, updated 20 October 2026.