Baily
#11,088 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Baily has been given to 1,824 babies in the U.S. since 1984. In 2025 it ranked #11,088 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1997, with 94 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% girls, 23% boys all-time.
Babies named Baily, 2025
1 in 414,000
Baily over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Baily over time
In 2025, Baily went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Baily?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 414,000
- 8 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 201,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #11,088
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 287,238 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Baily sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Baily. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Bailys were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Baily was born before 2001 — so the typical Baily is around 24 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1990s
- 38.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 50.8%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,407
- People you could plausibly meet
1990s — 38.0% of all recorded uses (535).
Is Baily rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- −3,440
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +1,254
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −4,067
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.47×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 8.5%
- Peak was 1997 (94)
- Years since peak
- 28
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 30.2% average annual change
Spellings of Baily
Baily is not the most common spelling — Emily is, with 39.5% against Baily's 0.06%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Baily is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Baily was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 363,372 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Baily has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Baily is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Baily was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,172,372 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Michigan1 in —
- 3Ohio1 in —
- 4Texas1 in —
- 5Washington1 in —
- 6Wisconsin1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Baily has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Baily around the world
Where Baily ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2004–2004#4,598in 2004
- Canada1991–2003#2,681in 2003
- South Australia2006–2006#782in 2006
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Baily by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Baily
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Baily
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.