Knox had received responses from 42 states when he declared the 16th amendment ratified on February 25, 1913, just a few days before leaving office to make way for the administration of Woodrow Wilson.
The name is in use for both boys and girls in the United States. Bailey was the 666th most popular name for American boys born in 2007 and the 83rd most popular name for American girls. It was most popular for boys in the late 1990s, when it ranked among the top 200 names.
Bailey: It's a girl! Since 1880, a total of 17,285 boys have been given the name Bailey while 82,353 girls were named Bailey. The number of U.S. boys and girls named Bailey each year. What if I can't see data for boys or girls in the chart above? These charts show the number of boy and girl births each year where a person is given that name. The scale on the chart changes to accommodate the more popular gender.