Given name
Bailee
Bailee is a variant of Bailey. One English interpretation is “from the courtyard within castle walls; a public official.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bailee is a variant of Bailey. One English interpretation is “from the courtyard within castle walls; a public official.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bailee is a variant of Bailey. A possible origin is Old English, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Bailee is a variant of Bailey. The history of Bailey gives this family its wider story. Bailey’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Bailee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16,483
- 243 boys · 16,240 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 682 babies
- 2025
- 233
- #1,069 for girls · #10,851 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 227 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,069 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 36.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 658 in 2000. It also appeared in 6 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (27). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 12,886 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bailee
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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