Cailen
- Last seen for girls in 2016 at #14,331
- #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
- Given to boys 56.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2007 · 17 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 251since 1987
Cailen 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 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #7,768 | 10 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #8,154 | 9 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,140 | 9 | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | — | #6,306 | 13 | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #6,578 | 12 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | #5,554 | 16 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #5,210 | 17 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | — | #6,226 | 12 | |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #7,136 | 7 |
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| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | — | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | — | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
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| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1987
The first year at least five boys were named Cailen! It came in at #6,951, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1987–1995, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Cailen is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Cailen in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Cailen
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 2,308 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #9,714)
- 2,372 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1987
- Peaked 2007 at #5,210 (17 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 1 yr 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 122,083
- Highest: 1 in 122,083 boys born in 2007 were named Cailen (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 39.0% of all boys named Cailen (98) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2017
- Mostly girls until 2016, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | #6,951 (1987) | #6,951 |
| 1990s | 35 | #6,042 (1999) | #7,417 |
| 2000s | 98 | #5,210 (2007) | #7,172 |
| 2010s | 91 | #5,741 (2010) | #8,093 |
| 2020s | 22 | #7,768 (2022) | #9,835 |
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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