Baylea
English feminine name, possibly derived from English "bailey", meaning "outer courtyard".
Name Census estimates that about 448 living Americans carry the first name Baylea. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Baylea today is around 23 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Baylea births was 2000 (29 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Baylea. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
448
~ 1 in 765,077 Americans
Peak year
2000
29 babies that year
Average age
23
years old
2018 SSA rank
#12,691
Tracked since 1988
Popularity
Baylea: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Baylea from the 1980s through to the 2010s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 182 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2000s peak, Baylea remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Baylea by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Baylea during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Bayleas live
Origin
Meaning and history of Baylea
The name Baylea is a modern English variant of the name Bailey, which has its roots in the Old French term "baillis" or "baillif." This term originally referred to a administrative officer or steward in medieval times, and the name likely arose as an occupational surname for those who held such positions.
Historically, the name Bailey is thought to have originated in the region of Normandy in France during the 11th century. As the Normans invaded and settled in parts of England following the Norman Conquest in 1066, the name and its variants began to take hold in the British Isles.
While the name Baylea itself does not appear in ancient texts or religious scriptures, its root form Bailey can be found in various historical records from the Middle Ages onward. Some of the earliest recorded examples of the name include William Bailey, a landowner mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, and Robert le Baillie, who was recorded in the Pipe Rolls of Lincolnshire in 1195.
Over the centuries, several notable individuals have borne the name Bailey or its variants. One of the earliest was Richard Bailey, an English philosopher and physician who lived from around 1510 to 1594. Another was Nathaniel Bailey, an English philologist and lexicographer who lived from 1675 to 1742 and published a renowned dictionary.
In more recent times, the name has been carried by individuals such as Samuel Bailey, an English philosopher and author who lived from 1791 to 1870, and Frederic Ogden Bailey, an American botanist and plant collector who lived from 1835 to 1918. Additionally, the name has been associated with prominent figures like Pearl Bailey, an American actress and singer who lived from 1918 to 1990, and David Bailey, an English photographer and filmmaker born in 1938.
While the specific variant Baylea is a relatively modern creation, it draws upon the rich historical lineage of the name Bailey and its origins as an occupational surname in medieval France and England.
People
Baylea + last name combinations
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Related
Other names starting with B
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Baylea: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Baylea?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 448 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Baylea going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 765,077 US residents.
Is Baylea a common name?
We classify Baylea as "Very Rare". It ranks above 83.5% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 457 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Baylea most popular?
The single biggest year for Baylea was 2000, when 29 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Baylea is about 23 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Baylea a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Baylea in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.