Baily

Baily was the #10,917 girls' name in the US in 2025 (8 babies).

Baily as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Baily as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Baily as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#10,917 (8)——
2024#7,594 (14)——
2023#8,055 (13)——
2022#9,056 (11)——
2021#8,978 (11)——
2020#12,142 (7)——
2019#10,473 (9)——
2018#8,146 (13)——
2017#6,808 (17)——
2016#10,859 (9)——
2015#6,977 (17)——
2014#6,451 (19)——
2013#6,017 (21)——
2012#3,915 (39)——
2011#4,568 (31)——

Baily as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Baily as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020
Baily as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2014—#4,632 (3)—
2011—#4,647 (3)—
2010—#3,332 (5)—
2009—#1,981 (10)—
2008#9,871 (7)#3,687 (4)—
2007#10,921 (6)#1,756 (11)—
2006#6,904 (11)#1,469 (13)—
2005#7,640 (9)#2,754 (5)—
2004#4,793 (17)#1,878 (8)—
2003#6,258 (11)#1,629 (9)—
2002#2,943 (31)#2,636 (4)—
2001#2,681 (35)#1,746 (7)—
2000#1,944 (53)#1,425 (9)#1,134 (11)
1999#1,749 (58)#1,664 (7)#1,315 (9)
1998#1,849 (53)#2,074 (5)#1,120 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1997 at #1,671.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1984.
  • In 2008, 86% of US babies named Baily were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 200,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

Next year

On its recent trend, Baily is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 160,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 100,000 to 1 in 260,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BailyCanadaGirls—too few
BailyCanadaBoys—too few
BailyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
BailyEngland & WalesBoys—too few
BailyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BailyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BailyUSGirls#10,9178
BailyUSBoys—too few