Girls' name · since 1984
Bailie
Bailie has 1,654 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,358 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,666 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,654
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
1,654 babies have been named Bailie since 1984, making it today's #9666 girls' name.
Bailie has 1,654 recorded births among girls since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9666 as of the latest data, more common than 44% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #5,358 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,666 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,654 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bailie ranks #5,358 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,666 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,654 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,358 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,666 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,654
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Bailie's 1,654 recorded births place it above 92.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Bailie compares
1,654 Top 25% higher than 75% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bailie's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bailie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,654 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 121 | 21 | 19,840 |
Bailie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bailie splits its recorded history at 2005: 28% of all births land in the more recent half, 72% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 121 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bailie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 121
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Bailie by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (803 births, 49% of the file).
1990s was Bailie's strongest decade.
803 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Bailie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 79
1980s
79 births
- 1990s
1990s
803 births
- 2000s
2000s
543 births
- 2010s 174
2010s
174 births
- 2020s 55
2020s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 803 births (49% of all-time use).
How Bailie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Bailie's total volume
Bailie by state
Where Bailie concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 92 | 5.6% |
| #2 | California | | 72 | 4.4% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 29 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Utah | | 29 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 28 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 19 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Washington | | 14 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 11 | 0.7% |
92 of 1,654 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Bailie appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Bailie's data
- Bailie's decade-level peak was the 1990s (803 total births); usage has since declined to 55 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Bailies (92 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bailie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~41 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1984–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bailie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.