# Bailee (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bailee/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,483 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 243 / 16,240 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 448, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Bailey.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 529 | 555 |
| 2012 | 612 | 501 |
| 2013 | 575 | 517 |
| 2014 | 551 | 559 |
| 2015 | 562 | 552 |
| 2016 | 521 | 588 |
| 2017 | 521 | 581 |
| 2018 | 477 | 627 |
| 2019 | 416 | 694 |
| 2020 | 320 | 850 |
| 2021 | 340 | 817 |
| 2022 | 313 | 890 |
| 2023 | 283 | 936 |
| 2024 | 261 | 991 |
| 2025 | 227 | 1,069 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 11 | 6,577 |
| 2005 | 10 | 7,166 |
| 2006 | 15 | 5,547 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11,068 |
| 2008 | 9 | 8,385 |
| 2009 | 5 | 12,692 |
| 2010 | 7 | 9,801 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,489 |
| 2013 | 6 | 10,893 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10,861 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,287 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,488 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,377 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12,564 |
| 2025 | 6 | 10,851 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 23 | 1,387 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,798 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,865 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,920 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 12 | 2,163 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,962 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 10 | 1,885 |
| 2008 | 18 | 1,294 |
| 2009 | 17 | 1,358 |
| 2010 | 16 | 1,483 |
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |

## People named Bailee

- Bailee Madison, American actress (born 1999)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.