Bayley*
#3,715 most common girls' name of all time · #6,358 across all names · 16% male / 84% female · used 1982–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#3,715
Rank overall
#6,358 of 105,966
First appeared
1982
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
2,656
Since 2016
417
Peak year
1997 #1,205
Best rank
#1,205 1997
Girls
Boys
peak 206/yr
Bayley first appears in 1982. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,498 |
| 2024 | 37 | — | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2023 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,052 |
| 2022 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,564 |
| 2021 | 35 | — | 35 | #4,134 |
| 2020 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,506 |
| 2019 | 52 | — | 52 | #3,108 |
| 2018 | 56 | — | 56 | #2,945 |
| 2017 | 76 | — | 76 | #2,393 |
| 2016 | 56 | — | 56 | #2,990 |
| 2015 | 41 | — | 41 | #3,738 |
| 2014 | 46 | 5 | 51 | #3,460 |
| 2013 | 41 | — | 41 | #3,740 |
| 2012 | 55 | — | 55 | #3,073 |
| 2011 | 43 | — | 43 | #3,636 |
| 2010 | 45 | 9 | 54 | #3,549 |
| 2009 | 57 | 5 | 62 | #3,022 |
| 2008 | 70 | 9 | 79 | #2,649 |
| 2007 | 78 | 12 | 90 | #2,431 |
| 2006 | 61 | 10 | 71 | #2,874 |
| 2005 | 46 | 14 | 60 | #3,344 |
| 2004 | 56 | 18 | 74 | #2,875 |
| 2003 | 56 | 22 | 78 | #2,791 |
| 2002 | 72 | 23 | 95 | #2,285 |
| 2001 | 79 | 21 | 100 | #2,113 |
| 2000 | 111 | 37 | 148 | #1,599 |
| 1999 | 112 | 47 | 159 | #1,531 |
| 1998 | 112 | 60 | 172 | #1,519 |
| 1997 | 150 | 56 | 206 | #1,205 |
| 1996 | 91 | 44 | 135 | #1,684 |
| 1995 | 100 | 29 | 129 | #1,540 |
| 1994 | 52 | 9 | 61 | #2,461 |
| 1993 | 46 | — | 46 | #2,669 |
| 1992 | 43 | — | 43 | #2,821 |
| 1991 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,920 |
| 1990 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,034 |
| 1989 | 19 | 5 | 24 | #4,833 |
| 1988 | 21 | — | 21 | #4,300 |
| 1987 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,293 |
| 1986 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,124 |
| 1985 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,930 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,788 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,194 |