Bailen

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Bailen by the numbers

Bailen was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Bailen

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bailen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
  • Baylen56 in the US (2017)
  • Balen12 in the US (2017)
  • Brailen12 in the US (2017)
  • Bailyn11 in the US (2017)
  • Bayleebailiff or steward; modern respelling of Bailey585 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Bailen

Names that are said the same way as Bailen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Balinbold friend; a form of Baldwin8 in the US (2017)
  • Baylin23 in the US (2017)
  • Baylon19 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Bailen

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