Baily
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BAY-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Baily is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “bailiff”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Baily mean?
English: variant of Bailey, an English surname
“bailiff”
Variant of Bailey, a surname for a bailiff or for someone living by a castle's outer wall.
Is Baily a girl's or a boy's name?
Baily is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Baily in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Baily in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2004, 25% of the babies named Baily in the UK were girls.
Baily in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
How popular is Baily in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Baily, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 94 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
2025 had fewer girls named Baily than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Baily in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,144 girls in the US were given Baily or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #166, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
In 2008, 86% of the babies named Baily in the US were girls.
Baily in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 48 | #3,359 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 44 | #3,644 |
| 2007 | 52 | #3,247 |
| 2006 | 41 | #3,733 |
| 2005 | 46 | #3,313 |
| 2004 | 45 | #3,329 |
| 2003 | 60 | #2,635 |
| 2002 | 46 | #3,099 |
| 2001 | 63 | #2,457 |
| 2000 | 75 | #2,137 |
| 1999 | 88 | #1,801 |
| 1998 | 85 | #1,816 |
| 1997 | 94 | #1,669 |
| 1996 | 53 | #2,420 |
| 1995 | 55 | #2,362 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,443 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,985 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,139 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,709 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
Names like Baily
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody, Kody, Riley, Brady, Blakely, Cody, Aiden, Bradley, Brandon, Brayden, Hayden, Brogan
Other spellings of Baily
Bailey, Baylee, Bailee, Bayleigh, Baileigh, Bayley, Baylie, Baleigh, Bailie, Baeleigh, Baylei
Names related to Baily
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, “Baily: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/baily, updated 20 October 2026.