Bailey

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Bailey: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Bailey: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #23 in 2004, and it stood at #608 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
172times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#23highest recorded position
28groupings it qualifies for
4names it appears alongside

What stands out in Bailey's record

England and Wales registered 1,079 births with the name in 2007, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
3 registrars publish it in more than one category list — an observation about those lists, not about the name. Names published across category lists

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#848
1997	#672
1998	#597
1999	#463
2000	#402
2001	#375
2002	#366
2003	#337
2004	#372
2005	#506
2006	#438
2007	#419
2008	#425
2009	#444
2010	#505
2011	#502
2012	#451
2013	#476
2014	#527
2015	#722
2016	#703
2017	#740
2018	#755
2019	#570
2020	#674
2021	#560
2022	#683
2023	#600
2024	#795

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #215 among girls in Scotland, #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #795 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #848 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2014
Highest recorded position: #23 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2004 (recorded 1996–2014).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #608 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Bailey appears in 9 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 16,014 births with the name.

Bailey across 9 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Bailey's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#263 (1996)	#62 (2005)	#249 (2024)	29 of 29	16,014 (1996–2024)	1,079 (2007)
England and Wales · Girls	#848 (1996)	#337 (2003)	#795 (2024)	29 of 29	2,106 (1996–2024)	111 (2003)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#210 (1997)	#83 (2002)	#256 (2024)	27 of 28	419 (1997–2024)	32 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#369 (1998)	#232 (2006)	#516 (2023)	23 of 26	186 (1998–2023)	16 (2006)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#351 (1998)	#273 (2004)	#418 (2022)	9 of 25	32 (1998–2022)	5 (2004)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#92 (1996)	#23 (2004)	#85 (2014)	19 of 19	4,341 (1996–2014)	323 (2004)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#597 (2008)	#296 (2019)	#608 (2025)	18 of 18	145 (2008–2025)	15 (2019)
New Zealand · Boys	#63 (1996)	#30 (1999)	#68 (2008)	13 of 13	1,304 (1996–2008)	153 (1999)
New Zealand · Girls	#79 (1997)	#77 (2009)	#77 (2009)	3 of 13	150 (1997–2009)	55 (1997)

Bailey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Bailey in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	1,337	4 of 10	334
2000sbusiest	8,617	10 of 10	862
2010s	5,067	10 of 10	507
2020s	993	5 of 10	199

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 862 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1999 and 2000, when recorded births rose by 229, from 490 to 719.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Bailey appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #23 in New South Wales, Australia in 2004.

Bailey's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#795	47	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#249	194	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#600	63	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#261	177	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#683	54	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#242	195	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#560	71	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#238	213	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#674	55	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#226	214	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#570	71	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#188	278	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#755	52	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#202	266	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#740	54	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#162	351	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#703	58	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#143	406	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#722	55	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#130	474	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#527	80	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#106	571	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#476	89	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#113	530	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#451	100	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#98	646	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#502	84	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#90	704	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#505	80	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#79	841	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#444	94	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#81	822	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#425	100	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#76	939	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#419	98	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#70	1,079	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#438	92	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#71	990	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#506	69	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#62	1,061	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#372	102	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#68	924	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#337	111	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#80	750	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#366	94	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#78	734	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#375	86	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#87	599	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#402	79	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#74	719	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#463	63	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#102	490	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#597	43	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#110	455	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#672	36	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#134	283	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#848	26	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#263	109	High	Verified
2014	New South Wales, Australia	male	#85	117	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	110	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	male	#84	124	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	male	#63	153	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	male	#47	186	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	male	#40	218	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	male	#34	242	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	male	#31	276	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	male	#28	301	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	male	#27	307	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	male	#23	323	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	male	#28	298	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	male	#29	288	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	male	#30	300	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	male	#35	278	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	male	#30	295	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	male	#44	234	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	male	#51	196	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	male	#92	95	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New Zealand	female	#77	50	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	male	#68	76	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	male	#75	75	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	male	#60	86	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	male	#67	72	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	male	#47	103	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	male	#36	122	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	male	#44	99	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	male	#49	95	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	male	#42	122	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	male	#30	153	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	female	#95	45	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	male	#38	134	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	female	#79	55	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	male	#68	78	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	male	#63	89	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#256	7	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#418	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#221	9	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#374	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#255	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#229	8	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#281	6	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#150	18	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#228	9	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#188	12	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#181	13	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#161	16	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#158	16	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#364	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#117	24	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#129	22	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#413	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#101	32	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#90	32	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#96	30	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#273	5	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#97	27	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#91	29	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#83	31	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#139	13	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#136	13	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#140	13	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#150	12	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#210	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#608	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#364	10	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#516	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#317	13	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#495	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	15	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#568	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#471	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	12	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#532	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#353	13	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	16	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	9	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	13	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#560	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	10	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#490	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#373	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#597	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#368	10	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#253	15	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	16	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#239	13	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#351	6	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#266	6	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#215	17	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#268	15	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #23, first reached in 2004.

It held a top-100 place in 19 years, 19 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,079 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

3 registrars publish it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Bailee · #894, 28y
Baileigh · #2005, 18y
Bailie · #224, 26y
Bairbre · #321, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ezra · #23, 30y
Lola · #23, 30y
Summer · #23, 30y
Layla · #24, 35y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ezra · #23, 30y
Jonah · #23, 31y
Lola · #23, 30y
Summer · #23, 30y

Comparisons involving Bailey

Existing comparison pages where Bailey and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Order changes

Pairs where Bailey and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Mason vs Bailey
In New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Mason moved into the top 50 at #27 in 2011 as Bailey fell out of it to #63, having been #47 the year before.
Mason · Bailey · 11 shared years, 2003–2014 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2011 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Hunter vs Bailey
In New Zealand · Boys, Hunter moved into the top 50 at #36 in 2005 as Bailey fell out of it to #67, having been #47 the year before.
Hunter · Bailey · 10 shared years, 1999–2008 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2005 New Zealand ranking
Mitchell vs Bailey
In New Zealand · Boys, Bailey moved into the top 50 at #36 in 2003 as Mitchell fell out of it to #61, having been #36 the year before.
Mitchell · Bailey · 11 shared years, 1996–2006 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2003 New Zealand ranking

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Pairs involving Bailey measured in New South Wales, Australia's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Bailey at its highest position.

Jack vs Bailey
Both reached their highest recorded position in New South Wales, Australia · Boys within 2 years — Jack #1 in 2003, Bailey #23 in 2004.
Jack · Bailey · 19 shared years, 1996–2014 · Peaked in the same years
See the 2004 New South Wales, Australia ranking

New South Wales, Australia overview→

Bailey was ranked #23 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 2004. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Bailey and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Bailey without appearing here.

Bailey moved ahead of

Tracey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #848 and #783 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #672 and #1450.
Sinead Compare
In 2015 they stood at #722 and #722 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #703 and #1241.
Ida Compare
In 2015 they stood at #532 and #494 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2016 that had become #359 and #868.
Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #402 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #375 and #871.

Moved ahead of Bailey

Kylie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #364 and #555 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #736 and #372.
Sofia Compare
In 2006 they stood at #273 and #316 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #413 and #115.
Isla Compare
In 2006 they stood at #273 and #372 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #413 and #131.
Lola Compare
In 2006 they stood at #273 and #372 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #413 and #147.

Moved the opposite way to Bailey

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bailey went from #134 to #249 while Cooper went from #2022 to #139.
Cian Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Bailey went from #150 to #256 while Cian went from #182 to #45.
Kai Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Bailey went from #150 to #256 while Kai went from #272 to #69.
Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Bailey went from #102 to #249 while Arlo went from #2943 to #15.

Moved the same way as Bailey

Adrian Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Bailey went from #210 to #312 and Adrian from #153 to #249.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Bailey went from #210 to #312 and Alan from #136 to #348.
Dean Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Bailey went from #210 to #312 and Dean from #45 to #348.
Ian Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Bailey went from #210 to #312 and Ian from #129 to #348.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #23 in New South Wales, Australia in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bailey

Bailey at a glance

What stands out in Bailey's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bailey across 9 official records

Bailey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Bailey appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Bailey

Order changes

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Names published alongside Bailey

Bailey and the names beside it

Bailey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bailey

Moved the opposite way to Bailey

Moved the same way as Bailey

Bailey at a glance

What stands out in Bailey's record

Bailey across 9 official records

Bailey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Bailey appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Bailey

Order changes

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Names published alongside Bailey

Bailey and the names beside it

Bailey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bailey

Moved the opposite way to Bailey

Moved the same way as Bailey