# Baylee (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/baylee/  
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 | 22,403 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 662 / 21,741 (97% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 486, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Bailey, possibly influenced by Lee.

## 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 | 777 | 407 |
| 2012 | 931 | 338 |
| 2013 | 938 | 346 |
| 2014 | 901 | 362 |
| 2015 | 791 | 405 |
| 2016 | 633 | 492 |
| 2017 | 586 | 528 |
| 2018 | 539 | 572 |
| 2019 | 435 | 666 |
| 2020 | 349 | 780 |
| 2021 | 371 | 768 |
| 2022 | 317 | 877 |
| 2023 | 303 | 887 |
| 2024 | 251 | 1,014 |
| 2025 | 248 | 1,008 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 14 | 5,944 |
| 2008 | 11 | 7,244 |
| 2009 | 19 | 4,940 |
| 2010 | 13 | 6,392 |
| 2011 | 14 | 5,979 |
| 2012 | 12 | 6,671 |
| 2013 | 6 | 10,896 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,124 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9,689 |
| 2017 | 8 | 8,946 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8,927 |
| 2019 | 7 | 9,877 |
| 2021 | 7 | 9,850 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,591 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,099 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | 2,759 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2011 | 13 | 2,025 |
| 2012 | 12 | 2,215 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | 13 | 2,070 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,187 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 12 | 1,666 |
| 2008 | 15 | 1,457 |
| 2009 | 11 | 1,859 |
| 2010 | 13 | 1,724 |
| 2011 | 18 | 1,342 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,367 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 13 | 1,721 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## 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.