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.
88% of everyone ever named Pailey was born in this single decade.
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 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Pailey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2009
- Peak year (2010)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
43 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 8 births in a single year.
Pailey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 38 births that decade — 88% of Pailey's all-time total
Pailey decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Pailey's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 88% of all-time use.
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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, 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.