Girls' name · since 1996
Baylei
475 babies named Baylei in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,240 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,838 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 475
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Baylei is the #13838 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 475 recorded since 1996.
Baylei has 475 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13838 as of the latest data, more common than 20% 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.
- #12,240 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,838 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 475 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baylei ranks #12,240 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,838 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 475 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,240 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,838 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 475
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Baylei's 475 recorded births place it above 83.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Baylei compares
475 Top 46% higher than 54% 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
Baylei's all-time total is 26% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Baylei | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 475 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 21 | 19,840 |
Baylei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Baylei splits its recorded history at 2011: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2024 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 36 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Baylei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Baylei by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (225 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Baylei's strongest decade.
225 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Baylei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 41
1990s
41 births
- 2000s
2000s
156 births
- 2010s
2010s
225 births
- 2020s 53
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 225 births (47% of all-time use).
Baylei by state
Where Baylei concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 14 | 2.9% |
| #2 | Mississippi | | 6 | 1.3% |
14 of 475 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Baylei's data
- Baylei's decade-level peak was the 2010s (225 total births); usage has since declined to 53 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Bayleis (14 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 Baylei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
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 Baylei 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.