Baylee — #1017 US girls' name
21,486 babies named Baylee in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 94% of names given to girls today.
35% of everyone ever named Baylee was born in this single decade.
968 babies were named Baylee in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Baylee
The Social Security Administration has registered 21,486 babies named Baylee between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Baylee currently holds the #1017 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 968 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Baylee performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 7,438 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Baylee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,082 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Baylee in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Baylee 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 21,486 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.
Baylee at a glance
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Current rank
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Baylee popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1980
- Peak year (1997)
- 968
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
Currently ranks #1017 among girls.
21,486 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 968 births in a single year.
Baylee popularity over time — boys
662 total births recorded since 1995 (Baylee as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Baylee accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Baylee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 7,438 births that decade — 35% of Baylee's all-time total
Baylee decade highlights
- Peak decade 7,438 births
- Runner-up 7,331 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Baylee's strongest decade
7,438 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Baylee by state
Where Baylee concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 2,082 | 9.7% |
| #2 | California | | 1,450 | 6.7% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 1,138 | 5.3% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 864 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Florida | | 843 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | | 795 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Utah | | 770 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 734 | 3.4% |
2,082 of 21,486 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 46 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.7% of nationwide
- California 6.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.3% of nationwide
- Tennessee 4.0% of nationwide
- Florida 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 46 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Baylee appears in 46 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1980–2024 (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.