Unisex name · since 2006
Bailor
63 babies named Bailor in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,514 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,399 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 63
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Bailor is the #11399 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 63 recorded since 2006.
Bailor has 63 recorded births among boys since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11399 as of the latest data, more common than 18% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #20,514 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,399 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 63 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bailor ranks #20,514 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,399 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 63 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,514 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,399 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 63
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Bailor's 63 recorded births place it above 54.68% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Bailor compares
63 19th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Bailor's all-time total is 83% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bailor | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 63 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Bailor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bailor's full recorded timeline at 2019, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bailor popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Bailor popularity over time - girls
45 total births recorded since 2015 (Bailor as girls' name)
Bailor by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (29 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Bailor's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Bailor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
21 births
- 2020s
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 29 births (46% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bailor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2006–2025 (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 Bailor 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.