Baby Names US
girls' name ★ peaked 2000

Bailee

Gender Girl · 1% boys Rank 2025 #1,069 Trend ↓ Falling 34%
Rank 2025
#1,069
among girls · ↓78 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
233
named Bailee · -12% vs 2024
How common
1 in 7,080
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2000
682 babies
All-time total
16,483
#1,216 all-time among girls
First recorded
1982
in Social Security records

Bailee popularity over time

16,483 babies have been named Bailee since 1982, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.10.20.30.418801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – – – – – –
1920s – – – – – –
1930s – – – – – –
1940s – – – – – –
1950s – – – – – –
1960s – – – – – –
1970s – – – – – –
1980s 265 – 265 27 – #1,667
1990s 3,621 77 3,698 370 +1295% #407
2000s 5,293 116 5,409 541 +46% #429
2010s 5,317 39 5,356 536 -1% #501
2020s (to 2025) 1,744 11 1,755 293 -45% #817

Where Bailee is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 211 0.13 outside top 500
2027 198 0.12 outside top 500
2028 187 0.12 outside top 500
2029 179 0.11 outside top 500
2030 172 0.11 outside top 500

Where Bailee is most popular

Girls named Bailee per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.176 per 1,000. Strongest in Mississippi, Louisiana, and South Carolina.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Bailee born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Mississippi 44 0.941 +436%
Louisiana 67 0.765 +336%
South Carolina 43 0.478 +173%
West Virginia 11 0.420 +139%
Georgia 94 0.414 +136%
Kentucky 30 0.351 +100%
Ohio 79 0.333 +90%
Alabama 31 0.330 +88%
Michigan 60 0.329 +88%
Missouri 35 0.290 +65%
Maryland 30 0.283 +61%
Tennessee 41 0.259 +47%
North Carolina 58 0.255 +45%
Pennsylvania 55 0.233 +33%
Arkansas 12 0.227 +29%
Virginia 36 0.211 +20%
Indiana 28 0.199 +14%
Texas 149 0.185 +6%
Florida 73 0.171 ≈ national
Washington 23 0.159 -9%
New York 52 0.131 -25%
Wisconsin 12 0.117 -34%
Illinois 21 0.092 -48%
Colorado 10 0.090 -49%
California 74 0.088 -50%
Iowa 5 0.086 -51%
Oklahoma 6 0.082 -54%
Oregon 5 0.077 -56%
Minnesota 6 0.056 -68%
Massachusetts 6 0.050 -72%
New Jersey 6 0.033 -81%
Alaska – – –
Arizona – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Idaho – – –
Kansas – – –
Maine – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Utah – – –
Vermont – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Bailee

Bailee is uncommon for girls in the United States, ranked #1,069 in 2025 with 227 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1982, 16,483 American babies have been named Bailee. Its peak came in 2000, when 682 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2000s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Bailee stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Bailee?

The median living Bailee is about 17 years old; half are between 10 and 25. An estimated 16 thousand people named Bailee are alive in the United States today.

median 17 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Bailee year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 227 #1,069 6 #10,851
2024 261 #991 5 #12,564
2023 283 #936 – –
2022 313 #890 – –
2021 340 #817 – –
2020 320 #850 – –
2019 416 #694 – –
2018 477 #627 5 #12,377
2017 521 #581 5 #12,488
2016 521 #588 – –
2015 562 #552 5 #12,287
2014 551 #559 6 #10,861
2013 575 #517 6 #10,893
2012 612 #501 – –
2011 529 #555 5 #12,489
2010 553 #527 7 #9,801
2009 540 #566 5 #12,692
2008 598 #517 9 #8,385
2007 632 #506 6 #11,068
2006 447 #644 15 #5,547
2005 427 #649 10 #7,166
2004 442 #620 11 #6,577
2003 437 #613 11 #6,301
2002 521 #528 12 #5,762
2001 591 #470 13 #5,411
2000 658 #429 24 #3,433
1995 395 #582 10 #5,535
1990 114 #1,385 – –
1985 16 #4,644 – –
1980 – – – –
1975 – – – –
1970 – – – –
1965 – – – –
1960 – – – –
1955 – – – –
1950 – – – –
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Bailee

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Bailee Madison Bailee Madison American actress (born 1999) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Bailee, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Bailee?

The median living Bailee is about 17 years old. Half of all living Bailees are between 10 and 25 years old.

How many people named Bailee are alive today?

An estimated 16 thousand people named Bailee are alive in the United States, based on 16,483 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

How popular is the name Bailee in 2025?

Bailee ranked #1,069 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 227 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Bailee?

16,483 babies have been named Bailee in the United States since 1982, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Bailee most popular?

Bailee peaked in 2000, when 682 newborns received the name.

Is Bailee a boy or girl name?

Bailee is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 99% of babies with the name.

Is the name Bailee rising or falling?

Bailee is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Bailee become more popular?

Bailee is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 172 girls named Bailee in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Bailee?

Well-known people named Bailee include Bailee Madison (actor).

Names like Bailee

Names that sound and feel close to Bailee: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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