Bayley
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- BAY-lee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,459 for girls
Bayley is a name of English origin, meaning “bailiff; castle wall”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
What does Bayley mean?
English: spelling of Bailey
“bailiff; castle wall”
Is Bayley a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Bayley has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 4 boys in the UK and 31 girls in the US.
How popular is Bayley in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Bayley, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 69 boys. 6 girls were also named Bayley in 2025 (3,776th for girls).
2025 had the fewest boys named Bayley since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Bayley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 209 boys in the UK were given Bayley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #260, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 20% of the babies named Bayley in the UK in 1996, and 60% in 2025.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Bayley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 26 | #1,112 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,128 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,293 |
| 2010 | 28 | #1,066 |
| 2009 | 33 | #919 |
| 2008 | 41 | #780 |
| 2007 | 58 | #587 |
| 2006 | 50 | #631 |
| 2005 | 54 | #552 |
| 2004 | 52 | #549 |
| 2003 | 69 | #419 |
| 2002 | 58 | #436 |
| 2001 | 43 | #524 |
| 2000 | 55 | #435 |
| 1999 | 42 | #531 |
| 1998 | 36 | #569 |
| 1997 | 32 | #599 |
| 1996 | 16 | #940 |
How popular is Bayley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,459th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31 about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Bayley, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 1997, with 150 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Bayley in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,144 girls in the US were given Bayley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #166, up from #4,459 for this spelling alone.
In 2014, 90% of the babies named Bayley in the US were girls.
Bayley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 52 | #3,084 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,927 |
| 2017 | 76 | #2,384 |
| 2016 | 56 | #2,966 |
| 2015 | 41 | #3,704 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2011 | 43 | #3,602 |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,515 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,999 |
| 2008 | 70 | #2,630 |
| 2007 | 78 | #2,418 |
| 2006 | 61 | #2,850 |
| 2005 | 46 | #3,313 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,847 |
| 2003 | 56 | #2,768 |
| 2002 | 72 | #2,260 |
| 2001 | 79 | #2,092 |
| 2000 | 111 | #1,586 |
| 1999 | 112 | #1,523 |
| 1998 | 112 | #1,506 |
| 1997 | 150 | #1,202 |
| 1996 | 91 | #1,667 |
| 1995 | 100 | #1,527 |
| 1994 | 52 | #2,427 |
| 1993 | 46 | #2,634 |
| 1992 | 43 | #2,772 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
Names like Bayley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Riley, Bradley, Brody, Corey, Hayden, Harley, Brandon, Ashley, Aiden, Covey, Dylan, Marley
Other spellings of Bayley
Bailey, Baylee, Bailee, Bayleigh, Baileigh, Baylie, Baleigh, Bailie, Baily, Baeleigh, Baylei
Names related to Bayley
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, “Bayley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bayley, updated 20 October 2026.