The baby name Bailey appears in baby name data for the United States from 1912 to 2024. It was most popular in 1998 with 6,855 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Bailey has become more popular compared with earlier years.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1912 | 13 |
| 1913 | 5 |
| 1914 | 9 |
| 1915 | 5 |
| 1916 | 27 |
| 1917 | 11 |
| 1918 | 25 |
| 1919 | 6 |
| 1920 | 36 |
| 1921 | 5 |
| 1922 | 9 |
| 1923 | 11 |
| 1924 | 24 |
| 1925 | 10 |
| 1926 | 6 |
| 1927 | 16 |
| 1928 | 28 |
| 1929 | 12 |
| 1930 | 30 |
| 1932 | 18 |
| 1933 | 6 |
| 1935 | 7 |
| 1937 | 16 |
| 1938 | 10 |
| 1939 | 12 |
| 1940 | 13 |
| 1942 | 10 |
| 1943 | 5 |
| 1944 | 8 |
| 1945 | 10 |
| 1946 | 7 |
| 1947 | 30 |
| 1949 | 21 |
| 1952 | 5 |
| 1955 | 21 |
| 1956 | 5 |
| 1969 | 5 |
| 1973 | 5 |
| 1980 | 6 |
| 1981 | 32 |
| 1981 | 6 |
| 1982 | 47 |
| 1983 | 118 |
| 1983 | 6 |
| 1984 | 271 |
| 1985 | 387 |
| 1985 | 5 |
| 1986 | 585 |
| 1987 | 739 |
| 1987 | 22 |
| 1988 | 1,208 |
| 1988 | 12 |
| 1989 | 1,466 |
| 1989 | 17 |
| 1990 | 1,454 |
| 1990 | 18 |
| 1991 | 1,793 |
| 1991 | 57 |
| 1992 | 1,918 |
| 1992 | 52 |
| 1993 | 2,419 |
| 1993 | 72 |
| 1994 | 2,734 |
| 1994 | 126 |
| 1995 | 3,939 |
| 1995 | 1,185 |
| 1996 | 5,064 |
| 1996 | 1,784 |
| 1997 | 6,149 |
| 1997 | 2,638 |
| 1998 | 6,855 |
| 1998 | 2,649 |
| 1999 | 5,450 |
| 1999 | 2,626 |
| 2000 | 5,350 |
| 2000 | 1,976 |
| 2001 | 4,776 |
| 2001 | 1,421 |
| 2002 | 3,931 |
| 2002 | 953 |
| 2003 | 3,690 |
| 2003 | 904 |
| 2004 | 4,582 |
| 2004 | 718 |
| 2005 | 4,147 |
| 2005 | 531 |
| 2006 | 3,890 |
| 2006 | 425 |
| 2007 | 5,098 |
| 2007 | 331 |
| 2008 | 4,806 |
| 2008 | 282 |
| 2009 | 4,191 |
| 2009 | 176 |
| 2010 | 4,085 |
| 2010 | 169 |
| 2011 | 4,169 |
| 2011 | 115 |
| 2012 | 4,124 |
| 2012 | 64 |
| 2013 | 3,277 |
| 2013 | 63 |
| 2014 | 3,145 |
| 2014 | 99 |
| 2015 | 3,382 |
| 2015 | 56 |
| 2016 | 3,269 |
| 2016 | 74 |
| 2017 | 2,872 |
| 2017 | 126 |
| 2018 | 2,505 |
| 2018 | 101 |
| 2019 | 2,102 |
| 2019 | 94 |
| 2020 | 1,852 |
| 2020 | 35 |
| 2021 | 2,055 |
| 2021 | 89 |
| 2022 | 1,994 |
| 2022 | 61 |
| 2023 | 2,046 |
| 2023 | 93 |
| 2024 | 1,993 |
| 2024 | 102 |