# Bailey name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/f/bailey
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Bailey ranked #209 officially for girls in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #217.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #209
- Birth count: 1,446
- Rate per 10,000: 9.00

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Bailey
- Rank: #217
- Birth count: 1,446
- Rate per 10,000: 9.00
- Official count multiplier: 1.00x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.01
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.04
- Expected per school of 300: 0.13
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 4.2%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1998
- Best rank year: 1998
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 30.5%

## Spelling components
- Bailey: 1,446 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology