Bàiley
surname · Latin script
Bàiley is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 64th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Old French baile (“palisade, enclosure”), from Latin bacula, plural of baculum (“stick, rod”).
- JMJamaica≈1 in 633(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 849
- AUAustralia≈1 in 1.1K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #302 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 588 (measured from records)
- 1 in 227 (inferred from the name graph)
277,845 people, 2010
of 19M surnames, spellings grouped
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
St. Vincent & Grenadines
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Bailey in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)- Old Frenchbaile“palisade“palisade, enclosure”(measured from records)
- Latinbacula(measured from records)
From Old French baile (“palisade, enclosure”), from Latin bacula, plural of baculum (“stick, rod”).
Cited for this meaning 6
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
- A concise dictionary of first names
- A dictionary of surnames
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Bàiley counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #64 | 277,845 | 1 in 1.2K | 278K | Bailey | 588 |
| GB United Kingdom | #55 | ≈77,000 est. | ≈1 in 849 | 17 | Bailey | 358 |
| CA Canada | #72 | ≈28,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | 15 | Bailey | 254 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.8K | — | Bailey | 32 |
| IT Italy | #124 | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | — | Bailey | 48 |
| AU Australia | #74 | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | 117 | Bailey | 263 |
| JM Jamaica | #22 | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 633 | — | Bailey | 42 |
| VC St. Vincent & Grenadines | — | 446 | 1 in 227 | 446 | — | 11 |
| GD Grenada | — | 99 | 1 in 1.1K | 99 | — | 9 |
277,845 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025); Grenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Bàiley mean, and where does it come from?
- From Old French baile (“palisade, enclosure”), from Latin bacula, plural of baculum (“stick, rod”). Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames and A concise dictionary of first names and 4 other sources.
- In which country does Bàiley have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 278 thousand people named Bàiley, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bailey.
- Where is Bàiley most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Bàiley is densest in St. Vincent & Grenadines — about 1 in 227 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Bàiley?
- In the United States, the national register counted 277,845 people named Bàiley in 2010, about 1 in 1.2 thousand residents.
- How common is Bàiley compared with other names?
- In the United States, Bàiley is the 64th most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bàiley” — the 64th most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.