Fun Facts About the Name Baileigh
- More than 2 thousand babies named Baileigh: U.S. records list 2,545 babies given the name Baileigh from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Baileigh Mean?
Baileigh is a modern respelling of the English name Bailey. Bailey comes from an English surname with an occupational meaning: a bailiff or steward, an officer who managed land or served a lord. The surname derives from Middle English baillif, from Old French bailli(f), which is usually traced to Latin baiulus, "porter" or "carrier." A separate source for the surname Bailey is Old French baile, "enclosure" or "castle yard," the sense preserved in the word bailey for a castle's outer wall. As a given name, Bailey is normally explained through the occupational sense, and Baileigh inherits that meaning.
Baileigh Name History & Origins
Bailey is a surname recorded in medieval England, where occupational surnames became hereditary. The Middle English and Old French forms point to a bailiff or steward, an office with local legal or estate duties. The topographic surname from baile is another possible root, so the surname's origin is not entirely singular. As a first name, Bailey is used in English-speaking countries; in the late 20th century it became widely used for girls. Baileigh is a later respelling that substitutes the common English name ending -leigh for -ley. That ending appears in many English place names and surnames from Old English lēah, "woodland clearing" or "meadow," but in Baileigh it generally serves as a spelling variant rather than a separate meaning. Related spellings include Bailey, Bailee, Baylee, and Bayleigh.
How Popular is the Name Baileigh?
Baileigh has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2010. Its best rank was #1,659 in 2010.
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 | #3,787 | 39 | 0.0024% |
| 2024 | #3,169 | 50 | 0.0031% |
| 2023 | #2,855 | 59 | 0.0037% |
| 2022 | #3,710 | 41 | 0.0025% |
| 2021 | #2,724 | 63 | 0.0038% |
| 2020 | #2,530 | 68 | 0.0042% |
| 2019 | #2,930 | 56 | 0.0033% |
| 2018 | #2,341 | 78 | 0.0046% |
| 2017 | #2,202 | 86 | 0.0050% |
| 2016 | #2,132 | 91 | 0.0051% |
| 2015 | #2,154 | 88 | 0.0049% |
| 2014 | #1,999 | 99 | 0.0055% |
| 2013 | #2,022 | 96 | 0.0055% |
| 2012 | #2,100 | 91 | 0.0052% |
| 2011 | #1,781 | 114 | 0.0065% |
| 2010 | #1,659 | 128 | 0.0072% |
| 2009 | #1,785 | 121 | 0.0066% |
| 2008 | #1,890 | 112 | 0.0059% |
| 2007 | #1,839 | 115 | 0.0060% |
| 2006 | #2,761 | 64 | 0.0034% |
| 2005 | #2,704 | 62 | 0.0034% |
| 2004 | #2,289 | 76 | 0.0041% |
| 2003 | #2,350 | 71 | 0.0039% |
| 2002 | #2,269 | 72 | 0.0040% |
| 2001 | #1,889 | 92 | 0.0051% |
| 2000 | #2,058 | 80 | 0.0044% |
| 1999 | #1,895 | 83 | 0.0047% |
| 1998 | #1,960 | 77 | 0.0044% |
| 1997 | #2,201 | 62 | 0.0036% |
| 1996 | #2,255 | 59 | 0.0034% |
| 1995 | #2,847 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 1994 | #3,309 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 1993 | #4,846 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1992 | #7,569 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1991 | #6,290 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1990 | #6,157 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1989 | #7,002 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1988 | #10,494 | 6 | 0.0003% |
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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