# Bayley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bayley/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,656 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 435 / 2,221 (84% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,007, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 43 | 3,613 |
| 2012 | 55 | 3,053 |
| 2013 | 41 | 3,717 |
| 2014 | 46 | 3,438 |
| 2015 | 41 | 3,711 |
| 2016 | 56 | 2,978 |
| 2017 | 76 | 2,387 |
| 2018 | 56 | 2,934 |
| 2019 | 52 | 3,094 |
| 2020 | 30 | 4,462 |
| 2021 | 35 | 4,108 |
| 2022 | 18 | 6,500 |
| 2023 | 26 | 5,023 |
| 2024 | 37 | 3,973 |
| 2025 | 31 | 4,469 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 56 | 1,731 |
| 1998 | 60 | 1,701 |
| 1999 | 47 | 2,028 |
| 2000 | 37 | 2,532 |
| 2001 | 21 | 3,853 |
| 2002 | 23 | 3,677 |
| 2003 | 22 | 3,846 |
| 2004 | 18 | 4,621 |
| 2005 | 14 | 5,598 |
| 2006 | 10 | 7,485 |
| 2007 | 12 | 6,667 |
| 2008 | 9 | 8,389 |
| 2009 | 5 | 12,701 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,217 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12,310 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2008 | 12 | 2,022 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 1,303 |
| 2012 | 26 | 1,051 |
| 2013 | 26 | 1,044 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1,825 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Bayley

- Blaze Bayley, British heavy metal 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.