Baylee
Masculine
Baylee is given to girls far more often — 21,741 girls against 662 boys since 1880. See Baylee as a girl name
Baylee respells an English occupational surname and the record holds it for sons as well as daughters. The three letters it starts with make one of the most overloaded spellings in English: five separate words, none of them related to any other.
How old is the name Baylee?
Baylee first appears in US birth records in 1995 — 30 years ago. The typical Baylee alive today was born around 2001, making them about 24 years old. About 700 people named Baylee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Baylee most popular?
Baylee peaked in 1997, reaching #1468 nationally. See the whole 1997 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Baylee
English has five words spelled bay and no two of them are related. A bay of the sea is from Old French, probably from a Latin word about an opening. A bay tree is from a completely different French word, for a berry, which is why bay leaves and laurel are the same thing. A bay horse is reddish-brown, from Latin badius. A bay window is an architectural compartment, from the same root as the sea bay by a different route. And a dog gives tongue at bay, from Old French abaier, which is imitative — the sound a hound makes — and that is where being at bay and holding something at bay both come from: the quarry cornered and the dogs barking. Dictionaries list all five separately and nobody confuses them.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The surname behind it is usually occupational, from the office of a bailiff, though a topographical origin is also proposed. This spelling respells it and there is no evidence any family had the office in mind.
Pronouncing Baylee
BAY-lee
Two syllables with the stress at the front. The respelling is audible nowhere; it is the ending that changes and it says exactly what the standard one says.
Nicknames for Baylee
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1995
- Most boys named
- 199773 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1468reached in 1997
- Change vs 2022
- +60.0%8 in 2024, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Baylees among us
people named Baylee are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Baylee sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Both halves detach as short forms and each is a standing name.
- The sound is entirely familiar, so nobody has to be taught it.
- Two syllables with front stress is easy and quick.
- Bailey, Bailee and Baileigh are all recorded and will be written for it.
- The spelling has to be given aloud every time.
- The record holds it for sons as well, so it signals nothing about sex.
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Frequently asked
- How many Baylees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Baylee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Baylee in 2025?
- Baylee is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Baylee with classmates?
- Baylee will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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