Caelyn
#5,238 for girls in 2025, 24 births · Last seen for boys in 2012 at #12,274
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 193 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,421since 1987
Caelyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Caelyn has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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 | #5,238 | 24 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,799 | 21 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,911 | 38 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,963 | 37 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,833 | 27 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,281 | 47 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,923 | 56 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,497 | 44 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,964 | 55 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,617 | 67 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,025 | 97 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,692 | 124 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,286 | 183 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,251 | 193 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #1,338 | 173 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,311 | 179 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,366 | 174 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,092 | 97 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,734 | 125 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,597 | 134 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,755 | 112 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,808 | 57 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,043 | 49 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,935 | 50 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,808 | 52 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,169 | 43 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,718 | 32 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,626 | 31 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | — | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
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| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Caelyn! It came in at #8,778, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1988, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Caelyn is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#520 · 1 in 2,489
- Maryland#580 · 1 in 2,677
- Wisconsin#731 · 1 in 3,841
- Minnesota#746 · 1 in 4,004
- Georgia#763 · 1 in 3,943
Best ever in a state: #228 in Hawaii, 2010.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Tennessee | #520 | 12 | 1 in 2,489 |
| Maryland | #580 | 9 | 1 in 2,677 |
| Wisconsin | #731 | 6 | 1 in 3,841 |
| Minnesota | #746 | 6 | 1 in 4,004 |
| Georgia | #763 | 12 | 1 in 3,943 |
| Massachusetts | #851 | 5 | 1 in 5,086 |
| Colorado | #878 | 5 | 1 in 4,481 |
| Texas | #1,052 | 24 | 1 in 6,596 |
| Washington | #1,075 | 5 | 1 in 6,090 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,102 | 7 | 1 in 7,536 |
| Michigan | #1,213 | 5 | 1 in 8,234 |
| Florida | #1,296 | 9 | 1 in 8,847 |
| California | #1,350 | 21 | 1 in 9,956 |
| New York | #1,611 | 8 | 1 in 11,534 |
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See more about Caelyn
- 561 spots since 2024 (#5,799 → #5,238)
- 1,957 spots since 2020 (#3,281 → #5,238)
- 3,213 spots since 2015 (#2,025 → #5,238)
- Debuted 1987
- Peaked 2012 at #1,251 (193 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 9,125 girls born in 2012 were named Caelyn (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 66,969 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 48.4% of all girls named Caelyn (1,171) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 13 | #8,778 (1987) | #9,813 |
| 1990s | 150 | #3,626 (1997) | #7,669 |
| 2000s | 893 | #1,366 (2009) | #2,331 |
| 2010s | 1,171 | #1,251 (2012) | #2,090 |
| 2020s | 194 | #3,281 (2020) | #4,504 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Caelyn in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 9,125 of them was named Caelyn, which outranked 93.6% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,243Sunny195
- #1,249Sarina194
- #1,249Zooey194
- #1,251Caelyn193
- #1,251Damaris193
- #1,251Jalynn193
- #1,251Susanna193
- #1,257Alyse192
- #1,257Grecia192
- #1,257Jamya192
Tied with 5 names at #1,251; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 379,389 of them was named Caelyn, which outranked 13.9% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,976 names at #12,274; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.