Girls' name · since 1989
Baillie
Since 1989, U.S. Social Security records show 409 babies named Baillie, peaking in 1991. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,333 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 409
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Baillie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 409 recorded since 1989.
Baillie has 409 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1989 to 2013.
- #13,333 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 409 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baillie ranks #13,333 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 409 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,333 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 409
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Baillie's 409 recorded births place it above 81.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Baillie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Baillie splits its recorded history at 2001: 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 2006 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 43 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Baillie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2013
- Peak year (1991)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Baillie by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (252 births, 62% of the file).
1990s was Baillie's strongest decade.
252 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Baillie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 19
1980s
19 births
- 1990s
1990s
252 births
- 2000s
2000s
114 births
- 2010s 24
2010s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 252 births (62% of all-time use).
Baillie by state
Where Baillie concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 20 | 4.9% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.2% |
20 of 409 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Baillie's decade-level peak was the 1990s (252 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Baillies (20 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Baillie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1989–2013 (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 Baillie 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.