Cailin
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 2009 at #12,491
Given to girls 99.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 162 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,713since 1968
Cailin over time
Rank among girls' names. Cailin 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 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,028 | 26 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,955 | 20 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,546 | 42 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,653 | 29 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,237 | 33 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,695 | 29 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,254 | 50 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,843 | 60 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,681 | 65 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,315 | 81 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,968 | 100 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,621 | 133 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,848 | 115 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #1,642 | 137 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,621 | 137 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #1,615 | 132 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,466 | 144 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,413 | 147 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,272 | 164 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,282 | 153 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #1,311 | 146 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,288 | 150 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,349 | 131 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,161 | 162 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #1,242 | 143 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,368 | 123 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #1,306 | 127 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,312 | 129 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,882 | 75 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,318 | 56 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,136 | 62 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,938 | 71 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,096 | 59 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,011 | 59 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,812 | 64 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,470 | 40 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,484 | 39 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,111 | 47 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,198 | 44 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | — | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | — | |
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| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
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| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Cailin! It came in at #4,779, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1972, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Cailin is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#651 · 1 in 3,749
- Ohio#930 · 1 in 6,049
- New Jersey#1,028 · 1 in 6,387
- Florida#1,335 · 1 in 9,148
- New York#1,613 · 1 in 11,847
Best ever in a state: #357 in Massachusetts, 1998.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Massachusetts | #651 | 7 | 1 in 3,749 |
| Ohio | #930 | 9 | 1 in 6,049 |
| New Jersey | #1,028 | 6 | 1 in 6,387 |
| Florida | #1,335 | 9 | 1 in 9,148 |
| New York | #1,613 | 8 | 1 in 11,847 |
| Illinois | #1,691 | 5 | 1 in 12,648 |
| California | #2,011 | 12 | 1 in 18,190 |
| Texas | #2,309 | 8 | 1 in 20,834 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Cailin
- 4,338 spots since 2024 (#7,594 → #11,932)
- 8,386 spots since 2020 (#3,546 → #11,932)
- 8,678 spots since 2015 (#3,254 → #11,932)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1998 at #1,161 (162 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 10,907 girls born in 1998 were named Cailin (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 38.4% of all girls named Cailin (1,425) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9 | #4,779 (1968) | #4,779 |
| 1970s | 53 | #5,214 (1978) | #6,427 |
| 1980s | 423 | #1,812 (1987) | #2,616 |
| 1990s | 1,079 | #1,161 (1998) | #1,601 |
| 2000s | 1,425 | #1,272 (2003) | #1,476 |
| 2010s | 604 | #1,621 (2010) | #3,371 |
| 2020s | 120 | #3,546 (2020) | #7,174 |
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.
Cailin in 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 15,975 of them was named Cailin, which outranked 90.9% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,838Maisie116
- #1,838Raniyah116
- #1,838Viola116
- #1,848Cailin115
- #1,848Ariadna115
- #1,848Carmela115
- #1,848Cate115
- #1,860Angely114
- #1,860Karyme114
- #1,860Kaydee114
Tied with 11 names at #1,848; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 396,715 of them was named Cailin, which outranked 14.1% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,049 names at #12,491; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.