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

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Peak · girls
#1,251
2012 · 193 births
Debut · girls
1987
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,421
since 1987

Caelyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Caelyn has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #1,251, 2012girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#5,23824—
2024#5,79921—
2023#3,91138—
2022#3,96337—
2021#4,83327—
2020#3,28147—
2019#2,92356—
2018#3,49744—
2017#2,96455—
2016#2,61767—
2015#2,02597—
2014#1,692124—
2013#1,286183—
2012#1,251193#12,2745
2011#1,338173—
2010#1,311179—
2009#1,366174—
2008#2,09297—
2007#1,734125—
2006#1,597134—
2005#1,755112—
2004#2,80857—
2003#3,04349—
2002#2,93550—
2001#2,80852—
2000#3,16943—
1999#3,71832—
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1997#3,62631—
1996#6,72313—
1995#7,04112—
1994#7,09712—
1993#8,7199—
1992#13,3175—
1991#13,1475—
1990#8,5019—
1989#10,8476—
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First appearance
1987

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 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #1,021 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,599 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,485 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 25,668 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Caelyn, so not publishedHITexas: #1,620 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 12,120 girlsTXFlorida: #1,257 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 8,597 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Pennsylvania#1,021 · 1 in 6,599
  2. Florida#1,257 · 1 in 8,597
  3. Texas#1,620 · 1 in 12,120
  4. California#2,485 · 1 in 25,668

Best ever in a state: #228 in Hawaii, 2010.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Pennsylvania#1,02181 in 6,599
Florida#1,257101 in 8,597
Texas#1,620141 in 12,120
California#2,48581 in 25,668
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See more about Caelyn
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1987
  • Peaked 2012 at #1,251 (193 births)
  • Births halved by 2016, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,125
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 48.4% of all girls named Caelyn (1,171) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s13#8,778 (1987)#9,813
1990s150#3,626 (1997)#7,669
2000s893#1,366 (2009)#2,331
2010s1,171#1,251 (2012)#2,090
2020s194#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 2015

girls
#2,025
97 births · 1 in 18,403 girls

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #2,025Caelyn97
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 18,403 of them was named Caelyn, which outranked 89.4% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Caelyn
  1. #2,012Lane98
  2. #2,012Veronika98
  3. #2,012Zyla98
  4. #2,025Caelyn97
  5. #2,025Alonna97
  6. #2,025Brystol97
  7. #2,025Caliyah97
  8. #2,039Aeris96
  9. #2,039Afton96
  10. #2,039Allisson96

Tied with 13 names at #2,025; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2015 →