Girls' name · since 1980
Baylee
Baylee has 21,741 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,013 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,011 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 21,741
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
21,741 babies have been named Baylee since 1980, making it today's #1011 girls' name.
Baylee has 21,741 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1011 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #1,013 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,011 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 21,741 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baylee ranks #1,013 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,011 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 21,741 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,013 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,011 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 21,741
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Baylee's 21,741 recorded births place it above 98.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
46 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Baylee compares
21,741 Top 6% higher than 94% 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
Baylee's all-time total is 58x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Baylee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 21,741 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 968 | 21 | 19,840 |
Baylee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Baylee's full recorded timeline at 2003, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 968 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Baylee popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 968
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Baylee popularity over time - boys
662 total births recorded since 1995 (Baylee as boys' name)
Baylee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (7,438 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Baylee's strongest decade.
7,438 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Baylee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 209
1980s
209 births
- 1990s
1990s
4,922 births
- 2000s
2000s
7,438 births
- 2010s
2010s
7,333 births
- 2020s 1,839
2020s
1,839 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 7,438 births (34% of all-time use).
How Baylee 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 Baylee's total volume
Baylee by state
Where Baylee concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 2,108 | 9.7% |
| #2 | California | | 1,465 | 6.7% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 1,159 | 5.3% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 872 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Florida | | 860 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Oklahoma | | 802 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Utah | | 770 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 742 | 3.4% |
2,108 of 21,741 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 46 reporting states.
Baylee appears in 46 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Baylee's data
- Baylee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (7,438 total births); usage has since declined to 1,839 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Baylees (2,108 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Baylee: 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 (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Baylee 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.