Recorded 1996–2022 Girls' name Peak 1999 58 births

Baelee — girls' name

58 babies named Baelee in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s142000s112010s232020s10
2010s
Peak decade

40% of everyone ever named Baelee was born in this single decade.

1999
Single peak year

9 babies were named Baelee in 1999 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Baelee

The Social Security Administration has registered 58 babies named Baelee between 1996 and 2022, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Baelee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Baelee performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Baelee shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Baelee in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 58 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Baelee at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

58

Since 1996

27 years of records

Peak year

1999

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1996

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 2022

Baelee popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1996

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (1999)
9
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
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Baelee by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
23 births that decade — 40% of Baelee's all-time total
1990s142000s112010s232020s10

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Baelee?
58 babies have been named Baelee since 1996. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 1999 with 9 births.
When was Baelee most popular?
Baelee was most popular in the 2010s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 1999.
How long has the name Baelee been used?
Baelee has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 27 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Baelee?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Baelynn, Baeleigh, Baelyn, Baeli, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.