# Bailey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bailey/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “outer castle wall” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbeɪli/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Bailie, Baily, Bayly, Bayley, Bailee, Baylee, Bayleigh |
| US babies named this | 132,544 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 21,738 / 110,806 (84% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 18,350, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

(English topographic surname): See bailey (“outer castle wall”)

## 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 | 3,318 | 88 |
| 2012 | 3,418 | 81 |
| 2013 | 3,019 | 105 |
| 2014 | 2,951 | 104 |
| 2015 | 2,853 | 107 |
| 2016 | 2,712 | 116 |
| 2017 | 2,433 | 125 |
| 2018 | 2,181 | 133 |
| 2019 | 1,819 | 157 |
| 2020 | 1,670 | 172 |
| 2021 | 1,775 | 162 |
| 2022 | 1,649 | 182 |
| 2023 | 1,683 | 172 |
| 2024 | 1,652 | 182 |
| 2025 | 1,446 | 209 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 168 | 1,101 |
| 2012 | 121 | 1,384 |
| 2013 | 124 | 1,361 |
| 2014 | 135 | 1,308 |
| 2015 | 111 | 1,494 |
| 2016 | 110 | 1,523 |
| 2017 | 144 | 1,265 |
| 2018 | 128 | 1,377 |
| 2019 | 120 | 1,451 |
| 2020 | 93 | 1,688 |
| 2021 | 119 | 1,497 |
| 2022 | 119 | 1,517 |
| 2023 | 151 | 1,274 |
| 2024 | 155 | 1,271 |
| 2025 | 138 | 1,358 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 84 | 502 |
| 2012 | 100 | 451 |
| 2013 | 89 | 476 |
| 2014 | 80 | 527 |
| 2015 | 55 | 722 |
| 2016 | 58 | 703 |
| 2017 | 54 | 740 |
| 2018 | 52 | 755 |
| 2019 | 71 | 570 |
| 2020 | 55 | 674 |
| 2021 | 71 | 560 |
| 2022 | 54 | 683 |
| 2023 | 63 | 600 |
| 2024 | 47 | 795 |
| 2025 | 52 | 705 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 704 | 90 |
| 2012 | 646 | 98 |
| 2013 | 530 | 113 |
| 2014 | 571 | 106 |
| 2015 | 474 | 130 |
| 2016 | 406 | 143 |
| 2017 | 351 | 162 |
| 2018 | 266 | 202 |
| 2019 | 278 | 188 |
| 2020 | 214 | 226 |
| 2021 | 213 | 238 |
| 2022 | 195 | 242 |
| 2023 | 177 | 261 |
| 2024 | 194 | 249 |
| 2025 | 178 | 260 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 贝利, 貝利 /贝利
- Hebrew: ביילי
- Polish: Bailey

## People named Bailey

- Bailey Jay, American pornographic film actress
- Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American poet, novelist, editor (1836–1907)
- Bailey Wright, Australian association football player
- Bailey Chase, American actor
- Bailey Howell, American basketball player (born 1937)
- Michael Bailey Smith, American actor
- Bailey De Young, actress
- Bailey Bass, American actress
- Bailey Willis, American geologist (1857–1949)
- Bailey Lear, American athlete
- Bailey Noble, American actress
- Bailey Zimmerman, American singer

## 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.