Bailey

Bailey is a unisex given name: about 18% of people named Bailey are men and 82% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh

Male 18%Female 82%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 18% male / 82% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States
US births since 1880: 20,706 male / 96,816 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Bailey

To address Bailey when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Bailey," in English, "Guten Tag Bailey," in German. About 18% of people named Bailey are men and 82% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Bailey,

German

Guten Tag Bailey,

French

Bonjour Bailey,

Spanish

Estimado/a Bailey:

Chinese

Bailey您好：

Japanese

Bailey様

English

Hi Bailey,

German

Hi Bailey,

French

Salut Bailey,

Spanish

Hola Bailey,

Chinese

Bailey你好：

Japanese

Baileyさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Bailey by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	very common	woman's name	18%

United States birth data

20,706 male · 96,816 female · 117,522 births recorded

Male 18%Female 82%

Since 1980: 16% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Bailey a male or female name?

Bailey is a unisex given name: about 18% of people named Bailey are men and 82% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Bailey in an email?

Is Bailey a unisex name?

Bailey is not a unisex name: 18% of people named Bailey are men. Bailey leans strongly female overall.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Bailey a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/bailey (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_bailey,
  title  = {Is Bailey a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/bailey},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}