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Bailey
Pronounced /ˈbeɪli/
Rank in 2024
#182
Born in 2024
1,644
Peak year
1998 · #60
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:155 in 2024 (#1,271)
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,644 girls were named Bailey, about 1 in every 981.
- It peaked in 1998 with 5,199 babies, ranked #60.
- It first shows up in the records in 1916.
- 109,344 girls have been named Bailey since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Bailey per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.7Millennials1981–96
- 2.1Gen Z1997–12
- 1.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 12 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 84 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 20,618 babies, 0.73 per 1,000. Gen Z: 62,244 babies, 2.14 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 26,381 babies, 1.30 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
(English topographic surname): See bailey (“outer castle wall”)
- (countable) A unisex given name
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- (chiefly US) A female given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈbeɪli/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Bailey, CC BY-SA 4.0.