Bailey (The Name)

Got to wondering about this while reading here recently.

Anybody know how the first name 'Bailey' got its relatively recent start? The U.S. 'baby names' site (http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/) shows it reaching the top 1000 girls' names in 1983 and peaking in the 1990's. It shows up as a boys' name in 1993.

(Only Bailey that I was aware of growing up was a male pro basketball player named Bailey Howell, born (according to Wikipedia) in 1937.)

Frequently a name moves up the charts because of a prominent fictional character (for example, Allison MacKenzie of television's Peyton Place in 1965; Luke Skywalker of Star Wars in 1978-80) or a celebrity (Annette and Darlene in the Mickey Mouse Club days; Whitney and Britney more recently). Anybody know if Bailey fits into that category? I don't know of anyone myself.

Eric