Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Bailey*

#310 most common girls' name of all time · #574 across all names · 16% boys / 84% girls · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#310
Rank overall
#574 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
132,544
Since 2016
20,297
Peak year
1998 #60
Best rank
#60 1998
Girls Boys peak 7,437/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Bailey is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 1,446 138 1,584 #209
2024 1,652 155 1,807 #182
2023 1,683 151 1,834 #172
2022 1,649 119 1,768 #182
2021 1,775 119 1,894 #162
2020 1,670 93 1,763 #172
2019 1,819 120 1,939 #158
2018 2,181 128 2,309 #133
2017 2,433 144 2,577 #125
2016 2,712 110 2,822 #116
2015 2,853 111 2,964 #107
2014 2,951 135 3,086 #104
2013 3,019 124 3,143 #105
2012 3,418 121 3,539 #81
2011 3,318 168 3,486 #88
2010 3,598 196 3,794 #78
2009 3,643 219 3,862 #85
2008 3,907 277 4,184 #82
2007 3,934 355 4,289 #84
2006 2,980 366 3,346 #112
2005 2,991 477 3,468 #108
2004 3,309 599 3,908 #100
2003 3,467 759 4,226 #98
2002 3,662 851 4,513 #84
2001 4,339 1,234 5,573 #69
2000 4,649 1,755 6,404 #68
1999 4,809 2,208 7,017 #65
1998 5,198 2,239 7,437 #60
1997 5,024 2,296 7,320 #65
1996 4,192 1,550 5,742 #85
1995 3,488 1,010 4,498 #96
1994 2,351 188 2,539 #137
1993 2,134 129 2,263 #146
1992 1,730 119 1,849 #177
1991 1,435 100 1,535 #208
1990 1,260 87 1,347 #227
1989 1,051 88 1,139 #257
1988 942 77 1,019 #269
1987 611 65 676 #383
1986 500 41 541 #430
1985 309 39 348 #612
1984 267 40 307 #652
1983 152 30 182 #961
1982 110 41 151 #1,215
1981 84 26 110 #1,449
1980 56 30 86 #1,909
1979 17 19 36 #4,247
1978 6 16 22 #8,598
1977 — 18 18 —
1976 — 15 15 —
1975 5 13 18 #9,112
1974 — 16 16 —
1973 — 18 18 —
1972 — 15 15 —
1971 — 19 19 —
1970 — 20 20 —
1969 — 26 26 —
1968 — 13 13 —
1967 — 26 26 —
1966 — 22 22 —
1965 — 15 15 —
1964 — 23 23 —
1963 — 22 22 —
1962 — 21 21 —
1961 — 14 14 —
1960 — 15 15 —
1959 — 28 28 —
1958 — 21 21 —
1957 — 31 31 —
1956 5 27 32 #6,000
1955 — 28 28 —
1954 — 29 29 —
1953 — 25 25 —
1952 — 34 34 —
1951 — 29 29 —
1950 — 35 35 —
1949 — 30 30 —
1948 — 27 27 —
1947 — 28 28 —
1946 — 31 31 —
1945 — 31 31 —
1944 — 32 32 —
1943 — 27 27 —
1942 — 31 31 —
1941 — 33 33 —
1940 — 31 31 —
1939 — 38 38 —
1938 — 34 34 —
1937 — 41 41 —
1936 — 34 34 —
1935 — 37 37 —
1934 — 30 30 —
1933 — 35 35 —
1932 — 41 41 —
1931 — 35 35 —
1930 — 42 42 —
1929 — 35 35 —
1928 — 45 45 —
1927 — 36 36 —
1926 — 32 32 —
1925 6 30 36 #4,446
1924 — 44 44 —
1923 — 33 33 —
1922 — 39 39 —
1921 — 48 48 —
1920 — 48 48 —
1919 — 36 36 —
1918 — 37 37 —
1917 — 33 33 —
1916 6 50 56 #3,943
1915 — 34 34 —
1914 — 34 34 —
1913 — 24 24 —
1912 — 26 26 —
1911 — 11 11 —
1910 — 10 10 —
1909 — 9 9 —
1908 — 7 7 —
1907 — 14 14 —
1906 — 15 15 —
1905 — 10 10 —
1904 — 10 10 —
1903 — 5 5 —
1902 — 10 10 —
1901 — 12 12 —
1900 — 19 19 —
1899 — 11 11 —
1898 — 14 14 —
1897 — 13 13 —
1896 — 8 8 —
1895 — 10 10 —
1894 — 11 11 —
1893 — 16 16 —
1892 — 10 10 —
1891 — 10 10 —
1890 — 13 13 —
1889 — 10 10 —
1888 — 6 6 —
1887 — 6 6 —
1886 — 7 7 —
1885 — 7 7 —
1884 — 6 6 —
1883 — 8 8 —
1882 — 8 8 —
1881 — 8 8 —
1880 — 12 12 —