Recorded 1988–2018 Girls' name Peak 2000 457 births

Baylea — girls' name

457 babies named Baylea in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s51990s1682000s1822010s102
2000s
Peak decade

40% of everyone ever named Baylea was born in this single decade.

2000
Single peak year

29 babies were named Baylea in 2000 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Baylea

The Social Security Administration has registered 457 babies named Baylea between 1988 and 2018, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Baylea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Baylea performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 182 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Baylea shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Baylea in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Baylea 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 457 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.

Baylea at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

457

Since 1988

31 years of records

Peak year

2000

29 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1988

Recorded for 31 years

Last year on file: 2018

Baylea popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1988

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2000)
29
Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
010203040 201820142010200620021998199419901988 5

Baylea by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
182 births that decade — 40% of Baylea's all-time total
1980s51990s1682000s1822010s102

Baylea by state

Where Baylea concentrates geographically — total births since 1988

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Baylea
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
12 2.6%
#2 Oklahoma
6 1.3%
Texas share of Baylea's total US births 2.6%
Even split

12 of 457 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Baylea?
457 babies have been named Baylea since 1988. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2000 with 29 births.
When was Baylea most popular?
Baylea was most popular in the 2000s decade with 182 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
Where is Baylea most popular?
The top states for the name Baylea are Texas (12 births), Oklahoma (6 births).
How long has the name Baylea been used?
Baylea has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 31 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Baylea?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Baylee, Bayleigh, Baylie, Baylor, 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, 1988–2018 (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.