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How popular is the name Bayley?
Births per year, rank history and how many Bayleys are alive today.
Bayley (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Bailey in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2003, when 69 babies were given the name, the 381st most popular that year. It has declined since 2003; the 2025 figure is roughly 6% of its peak.
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 Bayley each year?
Includes all spellings: Bayley, Bailey. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Bayley spelling rank?
Where does the Bailey spelling rank?
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.
Common questions
When was the name Bayley most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Bailey, peaked in 2007, when 1,136 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Bayley spelling itself peaked in 2003, with 69 babies.
How many people are called Bayley?
At least 17,000 people named Bayley in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Bayley?
Most living Bayleys are between 14 and 24; the most common age is about 20.
Is Bayley becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2007 peak.