Bailey

Meaning: Bailiff or steward, or one who lived by a castle wall
Origin: English surname

Boy's name · #1358 in the US (2025) · 90s wave

8% boys · 92% girls — About 92% of babies named Bailey in recent years have been girls. Bailey →

Popularity over time

Bailey reached #151 in 1997 and has faded to #1358 since.

In a single year its births jumped from about 190 in 1994 to 1,000 in 1995 — the year after Party of Five introduced Bailey Salinger.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 16 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#208 in Scotland (2025) · #260 in England & Wales (2025) · #344 in N. Ireland (2025) · #1,718 in Canada (2025) · #317 in New Zealand (2024) · #516 in Ireland (2023) · #2,193 in Sweden (2023) · #4,115 in Ecuador (2017) · #85 in Australia (QLD) (2015) · #85 in Australia (NSW) (2014) · #93 in Australia (VIC) (2014) · #2,169 in France (1998).

Famous Baileys

Bailey Chase — American actor (born 1972)
Bailey Zimmerman — American singer (born 2000)
Bailey Peacock-Farrell — Northern Ireland footballer (born 1996)
Bailey Cadamarteri — English-Jamaican footballer (born 2005)
Bailey Zappe — American football player (born 1999)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 278,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

Donovan Bailey — Jamaican-Canadian sprinter (born 1967)
Pearl Bailey — American actress and singer (1918–1990)
Halle Bailey — American singer and actress (born 2000)

In stories & tradition

Bailey Turner — Fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
Bailey the Lion — Mascot of the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL
Bailey Brother — Right on Track (TV series)

What Baileys become

Among 201 notable people named Bailey:

Sports figures appear 2.78× more often than among typical names — e.g. Bailey Wright, Australian footballer (born 1992).

Similar names: Marquise · Baylen · Marley · Cordell · Kolby · Oaklee

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