Recorded 1989–2013 Girls' name Peak 1991 409 births

Baillie — girls' name

409 babies named Baillie in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s191990s2522000s1142010s24
1990s
Peak decade

62% of everyone ever named Baillie was born in this single decade.

1991
Single peak year

43 babies were named Baillie in 1991 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Baillie

The Social Security Administration has registered 409 babies named Baillie between 1989 and 2013, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Baillie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Baillie performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 252 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Baillie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Baillie in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Baillie 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 409 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.

Baillie at a glance

Last recorded 2013

Total births

409

Since 1989

25 years of records

Peak year

1991

43 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2013

Active since

1989

Recorded for 25 years

Last year on file: 2013

Baillie popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1989

Last recorded 2013
Peak year (1991)
43
Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
01020304050 2013200920052001199719931989 19

Baillie by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
252 births that decade — 62% of Baillie's all-time total
1980s191990s2522000s1142010s24

Baillie by state

Where Baillie concentrates geographically — total births since 1989

Geographically diffuse
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Baillie
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
20 4.9%
#2 California
5 1.2%
#3 Illinois
5 1.2%
Texas share of Baillie's total US births 4.9%
Even split

20 of 409 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Baillie?
409 babies have been named Baillie since 1989. It was last recorded in 2013. The peak year was 1991 with 43 births.
When was Baillie most popular?
Baillie was most popular in the 1990s decade with 252 total births. The single peak year was 1991.
Where is Baillie most popular?
The top states for the name Baillie are Texas (20 births), California (5 births), Illinois (5 births).
How long has the name Baillie been used?
Baillie has been recorded in Social Security data since 1989, spanning 25 years of data through 2013.
What names are similar to Baillie?
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.

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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, 1989–2013 (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.