Baylee is a spelling of Bailey, an English surname for a "bailiff", the official who managed an estate or kept order in a medieval town. The -lee ending made it a favorite of the 1990s and 2000s alongside Kaylee and Rylee. In the United States Baylee ranked number 340 in 2000 and peaked at number 338 in 2012; it has slipped since, left the top 1000 in 2024 and ranks number 1008 in 2025.