Bailey: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced BAY-lee · 2 syllables

Bailey means “outer castle wall”, from English.

(English topographic surname): See bailey (“outer castle wall”)

How popular is Bailey?

Bailey was the #208 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,584 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 50% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Babies named Bailey in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1990).

Half of US adults named Bailey are older than 27; most are between 18 and 37. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Bailey have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Bailey means “outer castle wall”. It comes from English.

Bailey is pronounced BAY-lee.

Bailey was the #208 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,584 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 50% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Half of US adults named Bailey are older than 27. Most are between 18 and 37.