# Bailey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bailey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 277,845 |
| US rank (2010) | 72 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,111 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.5% (265,916 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbeɪli/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Bailie, Baily, Bayly, Bayley, Bailee, Baylee |

## Etymology

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

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bailey in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 72% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bailey in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Antigua and Barbuda, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Jamaica.

## People named Bailey

- Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (1918–1990)
- Halle Bailey, American singer and actress (born 2000)
- Kay Bailey Hutchison, American politician (born 1943)
- G. W. Bailey, actor
- Alice Bailey, British-American esoteric, theosophist and writer (1880-1949)
- Eion Bailey, American actor
- Laura Bailey, American voice actress (born 1981)
- Bill Bailey, British comedian, musician and actor
- Philip Bailey, American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter, percussionist and actor
- Madison Bailey, American actress (born 1999)
- Florence Merriam Bailey, American ornithologist, birdwatcher, and nature writer (1863 – 1948)
- Daniel Bailey, Antiguan sprint athlete

and 80 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Bail, Ballew, Beale, Boley, Billy, Bale, Baily, Biel, Bal, Blea, Bayley, Baillie.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.