Unisex name · since 1984
Baily
Baily has 1,407 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,945 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,243 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,407
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Baily currently ranks #11243 among unisex names in America, with 1,407 babies recorded since 1984.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baily has been recorded 1,407 times among girls since 1984, currently ranked #11243 nationally and more common than 35% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #5,945 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,243 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,407 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baily ranks #5,945 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,243 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,407 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,945 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,243 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,407
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Baily's 1,407 recorded births place it above 91.78% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Baily compares
1,407 Top 27% higher than 73% 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
Baily's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Baily | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,407 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 94 | 21 | 19,840 |
Baily's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Baily splits its recorded history at 2005: 36% of all births land in the more recent half, 64% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1984 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 94 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Baily popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 94
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Baily popularity over time - boys
417 total births recorded since 1994 (Baily as boys' name)
Baily by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (535 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Baily's strongest decade.
535 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Baily births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 82
1980s
82 births
- 1990s
1990s
535 births
- 2000s
2000s
503 births
- 2010s
2010s
223 births
- 2020s 64
2020s
64 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 535 births (38% of all-time use).
How Baily 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 Baily's total volume
Baily by state
Where Baily concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 56 | 4.0% |
| #2 | California | | 52 | 3.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 43 | 3.1% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 20 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Oklahoma | | 16 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 13 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Florida | | 7 | 0.5% |
56 of 1,407 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Baily appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Baily's data
- Baily's decade-level peak was the 1990s (535 total births); usage has since declined to 64 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Bailys (56 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 Baily: 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 Baily 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.