heyotag

Name meaning & stats

Bailey

Bailey means “bailiff”. 131,175 US babies since 1940, peak 1998.

Play Bailey's storyCompare with a friend

What it means

“bailiff”

Well documented

In US birth records

Peak year: 1998

40s50s60s70s80s90s00s10s20s

131,175 US babies were named Bailey between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Bailey (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

The most common spelling: 91% of the family

  • Bailey 91%
  • Baylie 2%
  • Bayley 2%
  • Baily 1%
  • Bailie 1%
  • Bayli 1%
  • Baylei <1%
  • Baillie <1%
  • Baili <1%
  • Bailei <1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1998)