Bailey is a girl's name of French origin meaning “bailiff.” In 2024 it was given to 1,644 girls in the United States.
Bailey belongs to the French tradition. Its meaning — “bailiff” — is the sense carried by its French roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Bailey first appears in Social Security records in 1916. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #60 in 1998, and in 2024 1,644 babies received the name — 109,344 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Bailey means “bailiff” in its French roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Bailey is a girl name. In 2024, 1,644 babies received the name in the US.
Bailey comes from the French tradition.
Bailey first appears in US records in 1916. Its best-ever ranking was #60 in 1998, and 1,644 babies were given the name in 2024.
Bailey is pronounced /ˈbeɪli/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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