Bailey
Unisex · BAY-lee · English
Unisex
Bailey is a name of English origin, meaning “bailiff; castle wall”. In 2025 it ranked 257th for boys in the UK (202 babies) and 208th for girls in the US (1,446 babies).
What does Bailey mean?
English: occupational surname, from Old French
“bailiff; castle wall”
From a surname for a bailiff, or for someone living by a castle's outer wall, as in London's Old Bailey.
- Say it
- BAY-lee
More on Wiktionary.
Is Bailey a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Bailey has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 59 girls and 202 boys in the UK and 1,446 girls and 138 boys in the US.
How popular is Bailey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #257among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 202about 1 in 1,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 202 boys in the UK were named Bailey, making it the 257th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 241st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 1,172 boys. 59 girls were also named Bailey in 2025 (681st for girls).
Half of all the boys named Bailey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 23% of the babies named Bailey in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 260th in England and Wales, 208th in Scotland and 344th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#68).
Bailey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 202 | #257 |
| 2024 | 216 | #246 |
| 2023 | 202 | #256 |
| 2022 | 220 | #241 |
| 2021 | 233 | #244 |
| 2020 | 229 | #241 |
| 2019 | 301 | #189 |
| 2018 | 296 | #199 |
| 2017 | 372 | #167 |
| 2016 | 450 | #149 |
| 2015 | 527 | #132 |
| 2014 | 607 | #114 |
| 2013 | 581 | #117 |
| 2012 | 688 | #104 |
| 2011 | 766 | #100 |
| 2010 | 910 | #81 |
| 2009 | 892 | #85 |
| 2008 | 1,024 | #79 |
| 2007 | 1,172 | #69 |
| 2006 | 1,085 | #75 |
| 2005 | 1,143 | #70 |
| 2004 | 1,008 | #73 |
| 2003 | 816 | #83 |
| 2002 | 806 | #84 |
| 2001 | 644 | #96 |
| 2000 | 763 | #79 |
| 1999 | 529 | #107 |
| 1998 | 495 | #116 |
| 1997 | 303 | #146 |
| 1996 | 110 | #279 |
How popular is Bailey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #208among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,446about 1 in 1,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.3%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,446 girls in the US were named Bailey, making it the 208th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 172nd. Its busiest year was 1998, with 5,198 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916. 138 boys were also named Bailey in 2025 (1,358th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Bailey than any year since 1991.
Half of all the girls named Bailey in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,144 girls in the US were given Bailey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #166, up from #208 for this spelling alone.
In 1916, 11% of the babies named Bailey in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 91%, with more girls than boys since 1980.
Bailey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,446 | #208 |
| 2024 | 1,652 | #182 |
| 2023 | 1,683 | #172 |
| 2022 | 1,649 | #182 |
| 2021 | 1,775 | #162 |
| 2020 | 1,670 | #172 |
| 2019 | 1,819 | #157 |
| 2018 | 2,181 | #133 |
| 2017 | 2,433 | #125 |
| 2016 | 2,712 | #116 |
| 2015 | 2,853 | #107 |
| 2014 | 2,951 | #104 |
| 2013 | 3,019 | #105 |
| 2012 | 3,418 | #81 |
| 2011 | 3,318 | #88 |
| 2010 | 3,598 | #78 |
| 2009 | 3,643 | #85 |
| 2008 | 3,907 | #82 |
| 2007 | 3,934 | #84 |
| 2006 | 2,980 | #112 |
| 2005 | 2,991 | #108 |
| 2004 | 3,309 | #100 |
| 2003 | 3,467 | #98 |
| 2002 | 3,662 | #84 |
| 2001 | 4,339 | #69 |
| 2000 | 4,649 | #68 |
| 1999 | 4,809 | #65 |
| 1998 | 5,198 | #60 |
| 1997 | 5,024 | #65 |
| 1996 | 4,192 | #85 |
| 1995 | 3,488 | #96 |
| 1994 | 2,351 | #137 |
| 1993 | 2,134 | #146 |
| 1992 | 1,730 | #177 |
| 1991 | 1,435 | #208 |
| 1990 | 1,260 | #227 |
| 1989 | 1,051 | #257 |
| 1988 | 942 | #269 |
| 1987 | 611 | #383 |
| 1986 | 500 | #430 |
| 1985 | 309 | #612 |
| 1984 | 267 | #652 |
| 1983 | 152 | #959 |
| 1982 | 110 | #1,213 |
| 1981 | 84 | #1,445 |
| 1980 | 56 | #1,904 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
Names like Bailey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Riley Owen Bradley Harley Dylan Tyler Ethan Kian Connor Brody Harrison Hayden
Other spellings of Bailey
Bayley Baylee Bailee Bayleigh Baileigh Baylie Baleigh Bailie Baily Baeleigh Baylei
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