Bailee Girl

How popular is Bailee?

#1,069 girl name in 2025

227 baby girls were named Bailee in the US in 2025, making it the 1069th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).

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16,332living people named Bailee (est.)
18median age of people named Bailee
16,483babies named Bailee since 1880
1 in 14,229US babies born in 2025

Bailee popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#1,069 for girls (▼ 79 from 2024)
Babies in 2025227 girls, 6 boys
10-year trendFalling fast (-60% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#552 in 2015, #850 in 2020
Peak year2000 (658 girls)
Highest rank#407 in 1997
First recorded1982
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)1% boys, 99% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Bailee counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Bailey family of names ranked #157 for girls in 2025 (#140 the year before), with 2,141 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Bailey 1,446 68%
Baylee 248 12%
Bailee 227 11%
Bayleigh 78 4%
Baileigh 39 2%
Bayley 31 1%
Baylie 28 1%
Baleigh 12 1%
Bali 14 1%
Baily 8 0%
Bailie 10 0%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Where Bailee is most popular

Babies named Bailee per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Mississippi: 0.9 per 1,000 (44 girls)
  2. Louisiana: 0.8 per 1,000 (67 girls)
  3. South Carolina: 0.5 per 1,000 (43 girls)
  4. West Virginia: 0.4 per 1,000 (11 girls)
  5. Georgia: 0.4 per 1,000 (94 girls)

Bailee by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1980s265#1,663
1990s3,621#407
2000s5,293#429
2010s5,317#501
2020s1,744#816

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Questions

Is Bailee a boy or girl name?
Bailee is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Bailee were girls.
How popular is the name Bailee?
227 baby girls were named Bailee in the US in 2025, making it the 1069th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
When was Bailee most popular?
Bailee peaked in 2000, when 658 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #407 in 1997.
How many people are named Bailee?
16,483 babies have been named Bailee in the US since 1880. We estimate about 16,332 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
Where is Bailee most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Bailee was most common in Mississippi, at 0.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.