Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Bailee

Gender

Male

Origin

English
berry clearing; bailiff; city fortification

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Surname

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Bailee

Pronunciation

ba(i)-lee

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2000 (rank #3419, 24 births); most recent 2025 (rank #10695, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2000 (rank #429, 658 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1069, 227 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20256227
20245260
2023–283
2022–313
2021–340
2020–320
2019–416
2018–477
20175521
2016–521

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2005 (rank #1097, 19 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2547, 8 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #1387, 23 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3332, 7 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025–7
2024–8
202383
2022–7
2021514
2020312
201979
2018–5
201796
2016415

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #881, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
20223
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2011 (rank #674, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1996 (rank #339, 10 births); most recent 2013 (rank #644, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence