NameTides

Bailey

Bailey was the #208 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,446 babies), and #705 in England & Wales and #429 in Canada.

Bailey as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Bailey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandIrelandEngland & Wales
Bailey as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#208 (1,446)#705 (52)#429 (7)—#608 (5)#429 (73)
2024#182 (1,652)#795 (47)#215 (17)—#736 (4)#357 (84)
2023#172 (1,683)#600 (63)#304 (12)—#364 (10)#371 (80)
2022#182 (1,649)#683 (54)#380 (8)#418 (3)#317 (13)#378 (80)
2021#162 (1,775)#560 (71)#216 (19)#350 (4)#517 (7)#311 (104)
2020#172 (1,670)#674 (55)#544 (5)—#495 (7)#410 (75)
2019#157 (1,819)#570 (71)#224 (18)—#296 (15)#372 (85)
2018#133 (2,181)#755 (52)#449 (7)—#568 (6)#419 (77)
2017#125 (2,433)#740 (54)#275 (14)—#430 (9)#397 (84)
2016#116 (2,712)#703 (58)#383 (9)—#359 (12)#275 (118)
2015#107 (2,853)#722 (55)#509 (6)—#532 (7)#270 (121)
2014#104 (2,951)#527 (80)#346 (11)—#353 (13)#271 (121)
2013#105 (3,019)#476 (89)#302 (13)#370 (4)#459 (9)#279 (115)
2012#81 (3,418)#451 (100)#203 (22)—#560 (7)#256 (131)
2011#88 (3,318)#502 (84)#317 (12)#444 (3)#550 (7)#257 (127)

Bailey as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Bailey as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandUSCanada
Bailey as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#1,358 (138)#260 (178)#208 (20)#344 (4)—#1,718 (12)——
2024#1,271 (155)#249 (194)#268 (15)#256 (7)—#1,089 (22)——
2023#1,271 (151)#261 (177)#214 (20)#312 (5)#516 (6)#1,015 (23)——
2022#1,516 (119)#242 (195)#243 (16)#221 (9)#572 (5)#1,759 (10)——
2021#1,496 (119)#238 (213)#262 (16)#374 (4)#552 (5)#1,560 (12)——
2020#1,685 (93)#226 (214)#261 (15)—#556 (5)#1,838 (9)——
2019#1,450 (120)#188 (278)#244 (18)#312 (5)#506 (6)#1,634 (11)——
2018#1,375 (128)#202 (266)#202 (23)#255 (7)#471 (7)#1,389 (13)——
2017#1,264 (144)#162 (351)#304 (13)#229 (8)#443 (7)#971 (23)——
2016#1,522 (110)#143 (406)#153 (38)#281 (6)#713 (3)#1,118 (19)——
2015#1,491 (111)#130 (474)#167 (35)#150 (18)#421 (8)#1,956 (8)——
2014#1,306 (135)#106 (571)#204 (27)#228 (9)#286 (16)#1,032 (20)#85 (117)#93 (68)
2013#1,361 (124)#113 (530)#146 (39)#188 (12)#317 (13)#1,252 (15)#93 (110)#75 (89)
2012#1,383 (121)#98 (646)#191 (29)#181 (13)#379 (10)#1,552 (11)#84 (124)#72 (93)
2011#1,101 (168)#90 (704)#133 (46)#161 (16)#490 (6)#818 (27)#63 (153)#73 (94)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1998 at #60.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1916.
  • In 2025, 91% of US babies named Bailey were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 980common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Bailey is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 1,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bailey by state, 2025Alaska: #134AKMaine: #176MEWisconsin: #213WIVermont: #57VTNew Hampshire: #121NHWashington: #286WAIdaho: #175IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #304MNIllinois: #174ILMichigan: #206MINew York: #279NYMassachusetts: #155MAOregon: #259ORNevada: #374NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #188SDIowa: #258IAIndiana: #253INOhio: #170OHPennsylvania: #187PANew Jersey: #323NJConnecticut: #206CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #308CAUtah: #223UTColorado: #185CONebraska: #267NEMissouri: #160MOKentucky: #154KYWest Virginia: #154WVVirginia: #131VAMaryland: #144MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #172AZNew Mexico: #182NMKansas: #286KSArkansas: #164ARTennessee: #194TNNorth Carolina: #209NCSouth Carolina: #104SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #225OKLouisiana: #181LAMississippi: #182MSAlabama: #151ALGeorgia: #149GAHawaii: #168HITexas: #270TXFlorida: #258FL
Bailey (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#40831
Quebec2025#7745

Bailey (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BaileyCanadaGirls#42973
BaileyCanadaBoys#1,71812
BaileyEngland & WalesGirls#70552
BaileyEngland & WalesBoys#260178
BaileyIrelandGirls#6085
BaileyIrelandBoys—too few
BaileyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BaileyNorthern IrelandBoys#3444
BaileyNSWBoys—too few
BaileyScotlandGirls#4297
BaileyScotlandBoys#20820
BaileyUSGirls#2081,446
BaileyUSBoys#1,358138
BaileyVICBoys—too few