Unisex name · since 1996
Bailyn
Bailyn has 294 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,063 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,121 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 294
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Bailyn is the #8121 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 294 recorded since 1996.
Bailyn has 294 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8121 as of the latest data, more common than 53% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #16,063 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,121 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 294 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bailyn ranks #16,063 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,121 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 294 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,063 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,121 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 294
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bailyn's 294 recorded births place it above 77.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Bailyn compares
294 45th percentile among 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
Bailyn's all-time total is 22% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bailyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 294 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Bailyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bailyn's full recorded timeline at 2013, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bailyn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Bailyn popularity over time - boys
15 total births recorded since 2001 (Bailyn as boys' name)
Bailyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (141 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Bailyn's strongest decade.
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Bailyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
70 births
- 2010s
2010s
141 births
- 2020s
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 141 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Bailyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (141 total births) through the 2020s (61) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bailyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Bailyn 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.