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Bayley

#4,468 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Bailey

Bayley has been given to 2,656 babies in the U.S. since 1982. In 2025 it ranked #4,468 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1997, with 150 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 84% girls, 16% boys all-time.

Babies named Bayley, 2025

1 in 107,000

Bayley over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Bayley over time

In 2025, Bayley went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19822025

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.

Bayley: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Bailey

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Bayley means

Bayley is a variant of Bailey.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Bayley → Bailey. The family’s meaning is “outer castle wall”, recorded in English with the source elements bailey.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Bailey.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,221 girls were recorded with the name Bayley between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 150 in 1997; its best national rank was #1,202 in 1997.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,460 in 2020 to #4,468 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,710 in 2015 to #4,468 in 2025.

In the United States, 435 boys were recorded with the name Bayley between 1989 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 60 in 1998; its best national rank was #1,698 in 1998.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Bayley?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 107,000
31 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 51,800
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#4,468
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
74,127 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Bayley sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 74,127 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bayley. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bayleys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bayley was born before 2003 — so the typical Bayley is around 22 today.

Median birth year
2003
About 22 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
33.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
56.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,221
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 33.9% of all recorded uses (752).

Is Bayley 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
−496
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−8
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−758
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.76×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
20.7%
Peak was 1997 (150)
Years since peak
28
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,202
1997

Spellings of Bayley

Bayley is not the most common spelling — Hailey is, with 15.9% against Bayley's 0.20%.

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 Bayley is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Bayley was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 99,311 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).

12 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Ohio1 in 50,000
  2. 2Tennessee1 in 50,000
  3. 3California1 in 100,000
  4. 4Florida1 in 100,000
  5. 5Illinois1 in 100,000
  6. 6New York1 in 100,000
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 in 100,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 100,000

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.

Where Bayley is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Bayley was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 972,939 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Ohio1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 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. Bayley has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Bayley around the world

Where Bayley 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 & Wales
    1996–2025
    #3,705
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #3,457
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1983–2010
    #801
    in 2010

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.

Notable people named Bayley

People whose public names include Bayley, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Bayley in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Bayley. Linked forms have their own page here.

BaileyBayleigh

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Bayley by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,468
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 8
Best rank ever
#1,202
1997
Peak year
1997
150 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,221
Count in 2025
31

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,698
1998
Peak year
1998
60 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
2014
All-time count
435
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Bayley

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

BaylieBaylorEisleyRipleyBayanEmileyBaylaLinleyBayleiBayleaBexleyWesleyRidleyTinleyEnsleyCaileyCayleyHalleyRenleyZaileyAisleyHolleyHartleyLynley

Names with a curve like Bayley

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Bayley, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

TannerMonaeKyannaBryceShivaniJensenMckenziKailahKlarissaChaseRayvenDaysha

Sibling names for Bayley

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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