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How popular is the name Baily?

Births per year, rank history and how many Bailies are alive today.

Baily (male), a spelling of Bailey, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2014 (ranked 4632nd); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2006, when 13 babies were given the name, the 1469th most popular that year.

Across all spellings of the name, the Bailey you are most likely to meet is around 20 years old. Half of all Baileys born in England and Wales are between 14 and 24, and there are at least 17,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 5.5% chance that at least one of them will be called Bailey.

How many babies are named Baily each year?

Includes all spellings: Baily, Bailey, Bayley. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

05001k200020201996: 1251997: 3201998: 4961999: 5392000: 7812001: 6472002: 7942003: 8282004: 9832005: 1,1192006: 1,0512007: 1,1472008: 9822009: 8632010: 8732011: 7262012: 6722013: 5562014: 5832015: 4842016: 4172017: 3612018: 2712019: 2842020: 2262021: 2182022: 2022023: 1822024: 2012025: 182actual

Where does the Baily spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020001997: ranked 2,0221998: ranked 2,0741999: ranked 1,6642000: ranked 1,4252001: ranked 1,7462002: ranked 2,6362003: ranked 1,6292004: ranked 1,8782005: ranked 2,7542006: ranked 1,4692007: ranked 1,7562008: ranked 3,6872009: ranked 1,9812010: ranked 3,3322011: ranked 4,6472014: ranked 4,632

Where does the Bailey spelling rank?

110100500200020201996: ranked 2631997: ranked 1341998: ranked 1101999: ranked 1022000: ranked 742001: ranked 872002: ranked 782003: ranked 802004: ranked 682005: ranked 622006: ranked 712007: ranked 702008: ranked 762009: ranked 812010: ranked 792011: ranked 902012: ranked 982013: ranked 1132014: ranked 1062015: ranked 1302016: ranked 1432017: ranked 1622018: ranked 2022019: ranked 1882020: ranked 2262021: ranked 2382022: ranked 2422023: ranked 2612024: ranked 2492025: ranked 260

Where does the Bayley spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 8981997: ranked 5541998: ranked 5261999: ranked 4812000: ranked 4092001: ranked 4952002: ranked 4032003: ranked 3812004: ranked 5102005: ranked 5122006: ranked 5962007: ranked 5432008: ranked 7462009: ranked 8842010: ranked 1,0292011: ranked 1,3032012: ranked 1,0512013: ranked 1,0442014: ranked 2,2482015: ranked 2,1502016: ranked 2,0272017: ranked 2,1722018: ranked 3,4122019: ranked 3,0132020: ranked 1,8252021: ranked 3,4512022: ranked 2,7562023: ranked 3,5242024: ranked 2,9222025: ranked 4,275

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Baily per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 1,147 in 2007
Baily: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Baily most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Bailey, peaked in 2007, when 1,147 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Baily spelling itself peaked in 2006, with 13 babies.

How many people are called Baily?

At least 17,000 people named Baily in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Baily?

Most living Bailies are between 14 and 24; the most common age is about 20.

Is Baily becoming more or less popular?

Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.






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