Fun Facts About the Name Bayler
- 578 babies named Bayler: U.S. records list 578 babies given the name Bayler from 1880 through 2025. Even 215 girls received the name Bayler - about 1 girl for every 2 boys.
What Does the Name Bayler Mean?
Bayler is a rare, surname-derived name that belongs to the English spelling family of Baylor, Bailer, and Bailor. These forms are occupational: they describe a bailiff, the officer who managed a lord's estate, collected rents, or kept order locally. The base is Middle English baili, borrowed from Old French baillis and baillif, from the verb baillier, "to govern, hand over," which goes back to Latin baiulus, "carrier, porter." The literal sense is an office or job rather than the narrower modern meaning of a court officer. The -er ending marks the agent, "one who serves as bailiff."
Bayler Name History & Origins
Occupational surnames of this kind took shape in medieval England, where a bailiff could be a manor steward, a rent collector, or a local official acting for a lord or a town. The spelling with -ay- (Baylor, Bayler) is a later English respelling of the same root as Bailer and Bailor, and such spellings traveled with English-speaking families to North America. The related surname Baylor is well known in the United States through Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor, a Texas judge and Baptist minister for whom Baylor University, chartered in 1845, is named. As a first name, Bayler is uncommon, and its use appears to follow the surname rather than any independent older given-name tradition.
How Popular is the Name Bayler?
Bayler 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 2023. Its best rank was #3,567 in 2023.
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 | #6,154 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2024 | #6,184 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2023 | #5,410 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2022 | #5,812 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2021 | #8,545 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #8,036 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2019 | #8,201 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2018 | #10,691 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #7,144 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2016 | #9,509 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #7,331 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2014 | #10,253 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #10,367 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #15,257 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #17,425 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #17,718 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #14,065 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,419 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2024 | #5,452 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2023 | #3,567 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 2022 | #4,723 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2021 | #5,591 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2020 | #4,030 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2019 | #6,137 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2018 | #4,938 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2017 | #7,156 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #4,637 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2015 | #5,539 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2014 | #4,890 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #5,427 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2012 | #6,028 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2011 | #7,569 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #5,505 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2009 | #8,371 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #7,758 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2007 | #11,079 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #8,814 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #5,597 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2004 | #9,037 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #7,301 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #10,856 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #9,202 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #10,065 | 5 | 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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