Recorded 2009–2018 Girls' name Peak 2010 43 births

Pailey — girls' name

43 babies named Pailey in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s52010s38
2010s
Peak decade

88% of everyone ever named Pailey was born in this single decade.

2010
Single peak year

8 babies were named Pailey in 2010 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Pailey

The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Pailey between 2009 and 2018, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pailey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pailey performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Pailey shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pailey 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 43 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.

Pailey at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

43

Since 2009

10 years of records

Peak year

2010

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

2009

Recorded for 10 years

Last year on file: 2018

Pailey popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2009

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2010)
8
Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
456789 2018201520132012201120102009 5

Pailey by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
38 births that decade — 88% of Pailey's all-time total
2000s52010s38

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Pailey?
43 babies have been named Pailey since 2009. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2010 with 8 births.
When was Pailey most popular?
Pailey was most popular in the 2010s decade with 38 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
How long has the name Pailey been used?
Pailey has been recorded in Social Security data since 2009, spanning 10 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Pailey?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Paige, Paisley, Paislee, Paityn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2009–2018 (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.