Bailey dog name

We found 7,428 dogs named Bailey in the public pet registers of 27 places. Combining all places, Bailey is the #10 dog name. It is a top-ten name in 8 places. 61% of dogs named Bailey are female.

🐱 Bailey is also a cat name (#105 for cats, 48 cats).

Bailey as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Allegheny County United States #4 of 51,228 2,988 73 2003–2026
New York City United States #14 of 34,500 1,480 44 2014–2025
South Australia Australia #17 in top 100 1,772 53 2025
Toronto Canada #7 of 10,500 337 68 2019
City of Casey Australia #17 in top 20 140 51 2025
Seattle United States #16 of 8,191 93 36 2026
Playford Australia #25 of 4,586 73 44 2015
Cambridge United States #16 of 4,375 47 37 2017–2026
Vancouver Canada #10 of 4,602 66 54 1999–2026
Zurich Switzerland #47 of 5,788 17 17 2025
Noosa Australia #19 of 3,045 50 52 2017
Laval Canada #19 of 2,965 45 53 2017–2026
Worcester United States #8 of 2,906 50 68 2026
Maple Ridge Canada #10 of 2,440 45 71 2026
Basel Switzerland #86 of 3,446 8 13 2026
Victoria Canada #18 of 2,588 28 46 2025
Surf Coast Shire Australia #22 of 1,974 23 42 2016
Golden Plains Shire Australia #44 of 2,062 17 32 2016
Burnside Australia #23 of 1,888 31 60 2015
Framingham United States #2 of 1,965 46 105 2020
Richmond United States #41 of 2,347 10 24 2018
Tacoma United States #27 of 1,917 13 36 2021
Corangamite Shire Australia #78 of 1,161 6 23 2023
Port Moody Canada #2 of 1,280 28 118 2019
Adelaide Australia #70 of 958 3 19 2014
Prospect Australia #9 of 518 10 95 2016
Burlington United States #55 of 641 2 22 2022

Rank among all names in that place's register ("in top N" where only a top list is published). "Per 10,000" is how many of every 10,000 registered dogs there are named Bailey. Click a column to sort. See data sources.

Female or male?

61% female
39% male

2,991 female and 1,945 male dogs named Bailey, in the places that record sex.

Bailey over the years

South Australia
2022
2024
Toronto – falling
2012
2015
2020
2025
Allegheny County – falling
2007
2010
2015
2020
2025

Dogs named Bailey per 10,000 dogs, by the year of registration or licence (varies by place). Hover a bar for the number.

Breeds of dogs named Bailey

Compared to all dogs, Bailey is especially common among Irish Setters (3.3×), Springer Spaniels (2.5×), Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers (2.1×), Retrievers (2.1×) and Puggles (2.1×).

Based on 4,558 dogs named Bailey with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Famous dogs named Bailey

Bailey – Golden retriever owned by Elizabeth Warren (2018)
Bailey (2004)
Bailey – character in the book and TV series Arthur

From Wikidata. More famous dogs

Bailey as a baby name

Bailey was the #208 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,446 babies).Bailey was the #1358 boys' name in the US in 2025 (138 babies). Elsewhere it ranks #196 for girls in New Zealand, #208 for boys in Scotland, #260 for boys in England and Wales and #344 for boys in Northern Ireland. See Bailey as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

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