Bailey

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Primarily a girl's name · Unisex โ€” 73% girls / 27% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Bailey is a given name derived from the surname Bailey. The most likely derivation of the surname is from bailli, the Anglo-Norman equivalent of bailiff. An early American bearer of the given name was Bailey Bartlett.

From Wikipedia

Bailey first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1997 with 370 babies (rank #81 that year). In 2024 it was given to 84 girls (rank #356). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Bailey

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Bailey yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

7,936
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
370
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1991195#173
1992196#169
1993188#169
1994183#158
1995318#115
1996335#101
1997370#81
1998339#88
1999318#91
2000292#96
2001239#117
2002181#151
2003180#156
2004146#189
2005150#188
2006137#223
2007159#196
2008157#204
2009154#207
2010154#197
2011128#252
2012132#252
2013118#268
2014122#267
2015121#267
2016118#271
201785#385
201878#408
201988#362
202077#399
2021102#311
202278#382
202378#375
202484#356