How common is the surname Bagley?

17,324 people in the United States had the surname Bagley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,822 Americans. It ranked 2,089th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Bagley?

Marvin Bagley III, American basketball player (born 1999), followed by Ross Bagley.

Where is the surname Bagley most common?

Wikidata records people named Bagley in the United States and the Soviet Union.

How do you pronounce Bagley?

Bagley is /ˈbæɡli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Bagley getting more or less common?

More common. 16,739 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,324 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Bagley

A surname, carried by 17,324 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈbæɡli/ 2 syllables Soundex B240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bagley is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,324 people named Bagley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,822 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,739.

#2,089

rank among US surnames

17,324

people in 2010

5.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #1,979)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,080	Shultz	17,395	17,749
#2,081	Cormier	17,377	17,767
#2,082	Bain	17,371	17,774
#2,083	Madsen	17,364	17,781
#2,084	Cavazos	17,361	17,784
#2,085	Burrows	17,355	17,790
#2,086	Busch	17,354	17,791

Who is named Bagley

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

78% of people named Bagley identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bagleys

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marvin Bagley III
American basketball player (born 1999)
Ross Bagley
American actor and comedian, born 1988
Tim Bagley
American actor and comedian, born 1957
Sarah Bagley
American labor leader, 1806–1889
Mark Bagley
Artist, born 1957
Nikolai Bagley
Basketball player (1937–1991)
John Bagley
American basketball player-coach, born 1960

Notable Bagleys come mostly from the United States (6) and the Soviet Union (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Baggerly

Surnames that sound like Bagley

Bagley has the Soundex code B240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B240.

Questions

How common is the surname Bagley?: 17,324 people in the United States had the surname Bagley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,822 Americans. It ranked 2,089th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bagley?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Bagley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Bagley?: Marvin Bagley III, American basketball player (born 1999), followed by Ross Bagley.
Where is the surname Bagley most common?: Wikidata records people named Bagley in the United States and the Soviet Union.
How do you pronounce Bagley?: Bagley is /ˈbæɡli/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Bagley getting more or less common?: More common. 16,739 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,324 in 2010, up 3.5%.
What are other spellings of Bagley?: Baggerly.