Fun Facts About the Name Bailee
- More than 16 thousand babies named Bailee: U.S. records list 16,477 babies given the name Bailee from 1880 through 2025. Even 238 boys received the name Bailee - about 1 boy for every 68 girls.
What Does the Name Bailee Mean?
Bailee is a variant spelling of the English name Bailey. Bailey began as an English surname with two main sources. The first is occupational: it comes from Middle English baili or bailli, from Old French bailli (nominative baillis), meaning "bailiff." A bailiff was a steward or official who managed an estate, collected rents, or carried out local duties. The deeper source is often traced to Latin baiulus, "porter" or "carrier," though that development is not completely certain. The second source is topographic: from Middle English bailey, "the outer wall or enclosure of a castle," from Old French baile, "palisade, enclosure." In given-name use, the occupational sense "bailiff" or "steward" is the meaning usually given; the topographic sense "castle enclosure" is also recorded for the surname.
Bailee Name History & Origins
The surname Bailey is found in medieval England. Its occupational form comes from Old French bailli, a word for a bailiff - an officer who oversaw land, rents, or local justice. Middle English forms such as baili and bailly led to surname spellings including Bailey, Bayly, and Baillie. A separate surname source was the bailey of a castle, the defensive enclosure between the outer and inner walls; someone who lived or worked there could take the name. The surname was later adopted as a given name in the English-speaking world. Bailee is a respelling of Bailey with the ending -ee, a pattern also seen in feminine names such as Kaylee and Haylee. The -ee spelling is an English alteration of the parent name, not an Old French form.
How Popular is the Name Bailee?
Bailee recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2000. Its best rank was #407 in 1997.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,069 | 227 | 0.0141% |
| 2024 | #989 | 260 | 0.0161% |
| 2023 | #934 | 283 | 0.0177% |
| 2022 | #889 | 313 | 0.0191% |
| 2021 | #817 | 340 | 0.0207% |
| 2020 | #850 | 320 | 0.0198% |
| 2019 | #694 | 416 | 0.0248% |
| 2018 | #627 | 477 | 0.0281% |
| 2017 | #581 | 521 | 0.0302% |
| 2016 | #588 | 521 | 0.0294% |
| 2015 | #552 | 562 | 0.0315% |
| 2014 | #559 | 551 | 0.0309% |
| 2013 | #517 | 575 | 0.0328% |
| 2012 | #501 | 612 | 0.0348% |
| 2011 | #554 | 529 | 0.0301% |
| 2010 | #527 | 553 | 0.0311% |
| 2009 | #566 | 540 | 0.0294% |
| 2008 | #517 | 598 | 0.0316% |
| 2007 | #506 | 632 | 0.0329% |
| 2006 | #644 | 447 | 0.0235% |
| 2005 | #649 | 427 | 0.0231% |
| 2004 | #619 | 442 | 0.0241% |
| 2003 | #613 | 437 | 0.0239% |
| 2002 | #528 | 521 | 0.0290% |
| 2001 | #470 | 591 | 0.0328% |
| 2000 | #429 | 658 | 0.0362% |
| 1999 | #431 | 641 | 0.0361% |
| 1998 | #414 | 640 | 0.0362% |
| 1997 | #407 | 643 | 0.0369% |
| 1996 | #479 | 503 | 0.0287% |
| 1995 | #582 | 395 | 0.0225% |
| 1994 | #886 | 217 | 0.0122% |
| 1993 | #1,005 | 184 | 0.0102% |
| 1992 | #1,157 | 152 | 0.0082% |
| 1991 | #1,272 | 132 | 0.0070% |
| 1990 | #1,385 | 114 | 0.0060% |
| 1989 | #1,667 | 82 | 0.0044% |
| 1988 | #1,914 | 64 | 0.0036% |
| 1987 | #2,495 | 41 | 0.0024% |
| 1986 | #2,848 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1985 | #4,644 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1984 | #4,497 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1983 | #10,417 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #7,539 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,851 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #12,516 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #12,484 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #12,285 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #10,860 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #10,891 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #12,487 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #9,798 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #12,691 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #8,385 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #11,068 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #5,547 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 2005 | #7,166 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #6,578 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2003 | #6,300 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2002 | #5,761 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #5,411 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #3,433 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1999 | #3,852 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1998 | #4,669 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1997 | #3,073 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1996 | #5,569 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #5,535 | 10 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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