Bayleigh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BAY-lee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,326 for girls
Bayleigh is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “bailiff”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 2,326th for girls in the US (78 babies).
What does Bayleigh 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 Bayleigh a girl's or a boy's name?
Bayleigh is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 78 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bayleigh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Bayleigh, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 28 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bayleigh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 79 girls in the UK were given Bayleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #528, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
In 2014, 81% of the babies named Bayleigh in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Bayleigh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,874 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,615 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 24 | #1,128 |
| 2004 | 23 | #1,112 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,369 |
| 2002 | 28 | #904 |
| 2001 | 20 | #1,118 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Bayleigh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,326th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 78 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 78 girls in the US were named Bayleigh, making it the 2,326th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,303rd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 272 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
2025 had fewer girls named Bayleigh than any year since 1995.
Half of all the girls named Bayleigh in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,144 girls in the US were given Bayleigh or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #166, up from #2,326 for this spelling alone.
Bayleigh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | #2,326 |
| 2024 | 89 | #2,134 |
| 2023 | 89 | #2,142 |
| 2022 | 127 | #1,659 |
| 2021 | 163 | #1,354 |
| 2020 | 169 | #1,303 |
| 2019 | 187 | #1,247 |
| 2018 | 172 | #1,319 |
| 2017 | 195 | #1,231 |
| 2016 | 209 | #1,192 |
| 2015 | 246 | #1,068 |
| 2014 | 258 | #1,011 |
| 2013 | 253 | #988 |
| 2012 | 272 | #939 |
| 2011 | 229 | #1,075 |
| 2010 | 218 | #1,127 |
| 2009 | 199 | #1,241 |
| 2008 | 178 | #1,359 |
| 2007 | 176 | #1,370 |
| 2006 | 137 | #1,574 |
| 2005 | 129 | #1,574 |
| 2004 | 161 | #1,323 |
| 2003 | 142 | #1,394 |
| 2002 | 149 | #1,307 |
| 2001 | 132 | #1,426 |
| 2000 | 158 | #1,239 |
| 1999 | 138 | #1,307 |
| 1998 | 131 | #1,339 |
| 1997 | 131 | #1,317 |
| 1996 | 83 | #1,778 |
| 1995 | 65 | #2,078 |
| 1994 | 31 | #3,531 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,771 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,860 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
Names like Bayleigh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira, Caoimhe, Ocean, Eden, Niamh, Eilidh, Ellie, Riley, Ffion, Briar, Kayleigh, Aoife
Other spellings of Bayleigh
Bailey, Bailee, Bayley, Baylee, Baileigh, 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, “Bayleigh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bayleigh, updated 20 October 2026.