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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.

1996Busiest: 28 in 20022025
Bayleigh in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20257#3,409
20243#5,966
20233#5,929
202210#2,615
202111#2,478
20206#3,630
20198#3,018
20185#4,204
20176#3,774
20169#2,893
201510#2,629
201413#2,189
201316#1,874
201220#1,615
201116#1,824
201014#2,004
200911#2,298
200818#1,620
200713#1,964
200612#1,987
200524#1,128
200423#1,112
200317#1,369
200228#904
200120#1,118
200016#1,290
199911#1,653
199814#1,417
199714#1,387
19966#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.

1989Busiest: 272 in 20122025
Bayleigh in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202578#2,326
202489#2,134
202389#2,142
2022127#1,659
2021163#1,354
2020169#1,303
2019187#1,247
2018172#1,319
2017195#1,231
2016209#1,192
2015246#1,068
2014258#1,011
2013253#988
2012272#939
2011229#1,075
2010218#1,127
2009199#1,241
2008178#1,359
2007176#1,370
2006137#1,574
2005129#1,574
2004161#1,323
2003142#1,394
2002149#1,307
2001132#1,426
2000158#1,239
1999138#1,307
1998131#1,339
1997131#1,317
199683#1,778
199565#2,078
199431#3,531
199328#3,771
199227#3,860
199117#5,393
199011#7,297
198913#6,154

Names like Bayleigh

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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.