Bailey is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #433 for girl births in the United States, given to 1,584 babies. Bailey first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1998 (7,437 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,584 | #433 |
| 2024 | 1,807 | #377 |
| 2023 | 1,834 | #373 |
| 2022 | 1,768 | #392 |
| 2021 | 1,894 | #365 |
| 2020 | 1,763 | #384 |
| 2019 | 1,939 | #362 |
| 2018 | 2,309 | #310 |
| 2017 | 2,577 | #284 |
| 2016 | 2,822 | #269 |
| 2015 | 2,964 | #252 |
| 2014 | 3,086 | #232 |
| 2013 | 3,143 | #226 |
| 2012 | 3,539 | #190 |
| 2011 | 3,486 | #196 |
| 2010 | 3,794 | #174 |
| 2009 | 3,862 | #185 |
| 2008 | 4,184 | #180 |
| 2007 | 4,289 | #180 |
| 2006 | 3,346 | #228 |
| 2005 | 3,468 | #213 |
| 2004 | 3,908 | #191 |
| 2003 | 4,226 | #176 |
| 2002 | 4,513 | #160 |
| 2001 | 5,573 | #127 |
| 2000 | 6,404 | #110 |
| 1999 | 7,017 | #99 |
| 1998 | 7,437 | #92 |
| 1997 | 7,320 | #89 |
| 1996 | 5,742 | #126 |
| 1995 | 4,498 | #161 |
| 1994 | 2,539 | #268 |
| 1993 | 2,263 | #287 |
| 1992 | 1,849 | #341 |
| 1991 | 1,535 | #401 |
| 1990 | 1,347 | #446 |
| 1989 | 1,139 | #477 |
| 1988 | 1,019 | #493 |
| 1987 | 676 | #664 |
| 1986 | 541 | #764 |
| 1985 | 348 | #1,020 |
| 1984 | 307 | #1,052 |
| 1983 | 182 | #1,441 |
| 1982 | 151 | #1,649 |
| 1981 | 110 | #1,975 |
| 1980 | 86 | #2,307 |
| 1979 | 36 | #3,977 |
| 1978 | 22 | #5,276 |
| 1977 | 18 | #6,060 |
| 1976 | 15 | #6,488 |
| 1975 | 18 | #5,693 |
| 1974 | 16 | #5,981 |
| 1973 | 18 | #5,382 |
| 1972 | 15 | #5,932 |
| 1971 | 19 | #5,206 |
| 1970 | 20 | #4,900 |
| 1969 | 26 | #3,976 |
| 1968 | 13 | #5,704 |
| 1967 | 26 | #3,670 |
| 1966 | 22 | #4,008 |
| 1965 | 15 | #5,009 |
| 1964 | 23 | #4,021 |
| 1963 | 22 | #4,081 |
| 1962 | 21 | #4,172 |
| 1961 | 14 | #5,286 |
| 1960 | 15 | #4,953 |
| 1959 | 28 | #3,473 |
| 1958 | 21 | #3,992 |
| 1957 | 31 | #3,200 |
| 1956 | 32 | #3,108 |
| 1955 | 28 | #3,321 |
| 1954 | 29 | #3,211 |
| 1953 | 25 | #3,392 |
| 1952 | 34 | #2,830 |
| 1951 | 29 | #3,023 |
| 1950 | 35 | #2,674 |
| 1949 | 30 | #2,918 |
| 1948 | 27 | #3,059 |
| 1947 | 28 | #3,051 |
| 1946 | 31 | #2,707 |
| 1945 | 31 | #2,509 |
| 1944 | 32 | #2,478 |
| 1943 | 27 | #2,810 |
| 1942 | 31 | #2,566 |
| 1941 | 33 | #2,362 |
| 1940 | 31 | #2,425 |
| 1939 | 38 | #2,115 |
| 1938 | 34 | #2,249 |
| 1937 | 41 | #2,027 |
| 1936 | 34 | #2,238 |
| 1935 | 37 | #2,126 |
| 1934 | 30 | #2,409 |
| 1933 | 35 | #2,204 |
| 1932 | 41 | #2,046 |
| 1931 | 35 | #2,239 |
| 1930 | 42 | #2,102 |
| 1929 | 35 | #2,292 |
| 1928 | 45 | #2,052 |
| 1927 | 36 | #2,392 |
| 1926 | 32 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 36 | #2,404 |
| 1924 | 44 | #2,177 |
| 1923 | 33 | #2,521 |
| 1922 | 39 | #2,297 |
| 1921 | 48 | #2,037 |
| 1920 | 48 | #1,998 |
| 1919 | 36 | #2,328 |
| 1918 | 37 | #2,258 |
| 1917 | 33 | #2,337 |
| 1916 | 56 | #1,702 |
| 1915 | 34 | #2,205 |
| 1914 | 34 | #1,916 |
| 1913 | 24 | #2,072 |
| 1912 | 26 | #1,837 |
| 1911 | 11 | #2,375 |
| 1910 | 10 | #2,419 |
| 1909 | 9 | #2,366 |
| 1908 | 7 | #2,599 |
| 1907 | 14 | #1,699 |
| 1906 | 15 | #1,548 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,936 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,854 |
| 1903 | 5 | #2,700 |
| 1902 | 10 | #1,816 |
| 1901 | 12 | #1,522 |
| 1900 | 19 | #1,399 |
| 1899 | 11 | #1,575 |
| 1898 | 14 | #1,472 |
| 1897 | 13 | #1,473 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,939 |
| 1895 | 10 | #1,693 |
| 1894 | 11 | #1,554 |
| 1893 | 16 | #1,201 |
| 1892 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 1891 | 10 | #1,465 |
| 1890 | 13 | #1,296 |
| 1889 | 10 | #1,445 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,947 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,791 |
| 1886 | 7 | #1,612 |
| 1885 | 7 | #1,570 |
| 1884 | 6 | #1,730 |
| 1883 | 8 | #1,365 |
| 1882 | 8 | #1,361 |
| 1881 | 8 | #1,270 |
| 1880 | 12 | #1,031 |