Baylee
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- BAY-lee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,008 for girls
Baylee is a name of English origin, meaning “bailiff”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 1,008th for girls in the US (248 babies).
What does Baylee 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.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Baylee a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Baylee has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 248 girls in the US.
How popular is Baylee in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 15 girls. 3 boys were also named Baylee in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Baylee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2018, 75% of the babies named Baylee in the UK were girls.
Baylee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Baylee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,008among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 248about 1 in 6,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 248 girls in the US were named Baylee, making it the 1,008th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 780th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 968 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Baylee than any year since 1994.
Half of all the girls named Baylee in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,144 girls in the US were given Baylee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #166, up from #1,008 for this spelling alone.
Baylee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 248 | #1,008 |
| 2024 | 251 | #1,014 |
| 2023 | 303 | #887 |
| 2022 | 317 | #877 |
| 2021 | 371 | #768 |
| 2020 | 349 | #780 |
| 2019 | 435 | #666 |
| 2018 | 539 | #572 |
| 2017 | 586 | #528 |
| 2016 | 633 | #492 |
| 2015 | 791 | #405 |
| 2014 | 901 | #362 |
| 2013 | 938 | #346 |
| 2012 | 931 | #338 |
| 2011 | 777 | #407 |
| 2010 | 802 | #401 |
| 2009 | 861 | #377 |
| 2008 | 772 | #417 |
| 2007 | 829 | #394 |
| 2006 | 670 | #470 |
| 2005 | 606 | #500 |
| 2004 | 591 | #498 |
| 2003 | 695 | #433 |
| 2002 | 717 | #406 |
| 2001 | 792 | #375 |
| 2000 | 905 | #340 |
| 1999 | 844 | #354 |
| 1998 | 944 | #317 |
| 1997 | 968 | #296 |
| 1996 | 853 | #331 |
| 1995 | 696 | #380 |
| 1994 | 173 | #1,051 |
| 1993 | 151 | #1,162 |
| 1992 | 115 | #1,414 |
| 1991 | 90 | #1,650 |
| 1990 | 88 | #1,666 |
| 1989 | 52 | #2,273 |
| 1988 | 52 | #2,182 |
| 1987 | 28 | #3,254 |
| 1986 | 29 | #3,133 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
Names like Baylee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brylee Brynlee Brynn Kaylee Londyn Lyric Teagan Berkley Braylee Brooklyn Journee Kinley
Other spellings of Baylee
Bailey Bailee Bayleigh Baileigh Bayley Baylie Baleigh Bailie Baily Baeleigh Baylei
Names related to Baylee
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
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, “Baylee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/baylee, updated 20 October 2026.