girl's name

Baileigh

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 2,705

Scotland

#785

2007 births

Baileigh is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 39 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2010, when 128 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 85,012 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1988.

Baileigh over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

927
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Baileigh by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 17
1990s 416
2000s 865
2010s 927
2020s (to 2025) 320

How popular is Baileigh?

In 2025, Baileigh was given to 39 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Baileigh is used

Scotland #785 3 in 2007
Canada #3,313 5 in 2011
United States #3,791 39 in 2025
England & Wales #6,639 3 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Baileigh

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Baileigh also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Baileigh over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Baileigh

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Baileigh — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Baileigh

How popular is the name Baileigh?

In 2025, Baileigh was given to 39 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Baileigh a girl's or a boy's name?

Baileigh is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Baileigh most popular?

Baileigh peaked in 2010, when 128 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Baileigh a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Baileigh currently ranks #3,791 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.