Recorded 1989–2016 Girls' name Peak 1997 227 births

Bailea — girls' name

227 babies named Bailea in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s51990s852000s962010s41
2000s
Peak decade

42% of everyone ever named Bailea was born in this single decade.

1997
Single peak year

22 babies were named Bailea in 1997 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Bailea

The Social Security Administration has registered 227 babies named Bailea between 1989 and 2016, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bailea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bailea performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Bailea shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bailea in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bailea 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 227 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.

Bailea at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

227

Since 1989

28 years of records

Peak year

1997

22 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1989

Recorded for 28 years

Last year on file: 2016

Bailea popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1989

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (1997)
22
Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
0510152025 201620132009200620032000199719941989 5

Bailea by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
96 births that decade — 42% of Bailea's all-time total
1980s51990s852000s962010s41

Bailea by state

Where Bailea concentrates geographically — total births since 1989

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Bailea
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
5 2.2%
Texas share of Bailea's total US births 2.2%

5 of 227 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Bailea?
227 babies have been named Bailea since 1989. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 1997 with 22 births.
When was Bailea most popular?
Bailea was most popular in the 2000s decade with 96 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
Where is Bailea most popular?
The top states for the name Bailea are Texas (5 births).
How long has the name Bailea been used?
Bailea has been recorded in Social Security data since 1989, spanning 28 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Bailea?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Bailey, Bailee, Baila, Baileigh, 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, 1989–2016 (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.