Baileigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BAY-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,779 for girls
Baileigh is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “bailiff”. In 2025 it ranked 3,779th for girls in the US (39 babies).
What does Baileigh mean?
English: variant spelling of Bailey
“bailiff”
Bailey began as an English surname for a bailiff or for someone living by a castle bailey, the outer wall.
Is Baileigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Baileigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 39 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Baileigh in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Baileigh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2012, 75% of the babies named Baileigh in the UK were girls.
Baileigh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 2 | #7,411 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 2 | #7,280 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 2 | #7,579 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Baileigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39about 1 in 41,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the US were named Baileigh, making it the 3,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,523rd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 128 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had fewer girls named Baileigh than any year since 1994.
Half of all the girls named Baileigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,144 girls in the US were given Baileigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #166, up from #3,779 for this spelling alone.
Baileigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #3,779 |
| 2024 | 50 | #3,176 |
| 2023 | 59 | #2,852 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2021 | 63 | #2,715 |
| 2020 | 68 | #2,523 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,923 |
| 2018 | 78 | #2,334 |
| 2017 | 86 | #2,200 |
| 2016 | 91 | #2,129 |
| 2015 | 88 | #2,152 |
| 2014 | 99 | #1,997 |
| 2013 | 96 | #2,020 |
| 2012 | 91 | #2,095 |
| 2011 | 114 | #1,780 |
| 2010 | 128 | #1,658 |
| 2009 | 121 | #1,785 |
| 2008 | 112 | #1,890 |
| 2007 | 115 | #1,838 |
| 2006 | 64 | #2,757 |
| 2005 | 62 | #2,700 |
| 2004 | 76 | #2,283 |
| 2003 | 71 | #2,343 |
| 2002 | 72 | #2,260 |
| 2001 | 92 | #1,883 |
| 2000 | 80 | #2,051 |
| 1999 | 83 | #1,890 |
| 1998 | 77 | #1,955 |
| 1997 | 62 | #2,197 |
| 1996 | 59 | #2,250 |
| 1995 | 42 | #2,840 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,297 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
Names like Baileigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Caoimhe Eden Ocean Niamh Riley Kiara Eilidh Aoife Cassidy Briar Brooklyn
Other spellings of Baileigh
Bailey Baylee Bailee Bayleigh Bayley Baylie Baleigh Bailie Baily Baeleigh Baylei
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
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, “Baileigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/baileigh, updated 20 October 2026.