How common is the last name Bailey?

269,092 people in the United States have the last name Bailey, about 1 in 1,111. It ranks #73 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BAILEY

#73

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
269,092
About
1 in 1,111
This common or more
14.6%
Who bears it

Of the 269,092 people with the last name Bailey, 69.4% reported their origin as White, 21.7% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Bailey

#71 Kim · 274,068#72 Cooper · 271,453#74 Ramos · 268,640#75 Reed · 268,584

Spelled almost the same

6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bailey, most common first.

#14,522 Baily · 1,974#14,772 Bayley · 1,929#24,966 Baley · 1,041#30,281 Bailly · 827#49,502 Baile · 459#143,511 Bailley · 118

Also a first name

As a first name, Bailey ranks #506 of 53,615, with 111,403 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1998, with 7,437 births. See Bailey as a first name

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