Caelen
- Last seen for girls in 2016 at #14,331
- #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Given to boys 89.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2009 · 39 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 549since 1993
Caelen over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #6,446 | 13 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,832 | 12 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,255 | 18 | |
| 2022 | — | #9,823 | 7 | |
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,296 | 13 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,104 | 14 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
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| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | — | #5,289 | 17 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,263 | 23 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,981 | 18 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,390 | 22 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,356 | 22 | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #3,812 | 27 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #2,991 | 39 |
| 2008 | — | #3,286 | 34 | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #3,893 | 26 |
| 2006 | — | #4,370 | 21 | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #3,710 | 25 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #4,264 | 20 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | — | #3,188 | 28 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #3,974 | 20 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #5,040 | 14 |
| 1999 | — | #4,341 | 16 | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | — | #3,877 | 17 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,613 | 13 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,508 | 13 | |
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| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1993
The first year at least five boys were named Caelen! It came in at #8,700, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1993–1994, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Caelen is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Caelen in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Caelen
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 386 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #6,446)
- 150 spots since 2020 (#6,296 → #6,446)
- 1,157 spots since 2015 (#5,289 → #6,446)
Rise & fade · boys
16 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1993
- Peaked 2009 at #2,991 (39 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 50,861
- Highest: 1 in 50,861 boys born in 2009 were named Caelen (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 44.1% of all boys named Caelen (242) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 73 | #3,877 (1997) | #5,392 |
| 2000s | 242 | #2,991 (2009) | #3,975 |
| 2010s | 165 | #3,812 (2010) | #5,300 |
| 2020s | 69 | #5,255 (2023) | #7,575 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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