Bailie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BAY-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Bailie is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “bailiff”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Bailie mean?
English: spelling of Bailee, itself a 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.
Meaning borrowed from Bailee. More on Wiktionary.
Is Bailie a girl's or a boy's name?
Bailie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bailie 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 Bailie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2018, 64% of the babies named Bailie in the UK were girls.
Bailie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 2 | #6,264 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Bailie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Bailie, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1997, with 121 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Bailie in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,144 girls in the US were given Bailie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #166, up from #9,454 for this spelling alone.
Bailie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,718 |
| 2007 | 65 | #2,787 |
| 2006 | 37 | #3,991 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,726 |
| 2004 | 46 | #3,261 |
| 2003 | 43 | #3,343 |
| 2002 | 48 | #3,010 |
| 2001 | 80 | #2,071 |
| 2000 | 90 | #1,881 |
| 1999 | 121 | #1,440 |
| 1998 | 114 | #1,491 |
| 1997 | 121 | #1,393 |
| 1996 | 112 | #1,464 |
| 1995 | 77 | #1,832 |
| 1994 | 54 | #2,376 |
| 1993 | 49 | #2,528 |
| 1992 | 67 | #2,028 |
| 1991 | 35 | #3,153 |
| 1990 | 53 | #2,340 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
Names like Bailie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ellie Chloe Jasmine Hallie Zoe Sophie Brooke Gracie Lily Hannah Amber Riley
Other spellings of Bailie
Bailey Baylee Bailee Bayleigh Baileigh Bayley Baylie Baleigh Baily Baeleigh Baylei
Names related to Bailie
More English names
Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hazel Carter Harrison
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, “Bailie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bailie, updated 20 October 2026.