Caley
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1992 at #8,435
Given to girls 94.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1994 · 109 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,481since 1973
Caley over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | — | |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,521 | 18 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 24 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,156 | 35 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,836 | 29 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,916 | 38 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,107 | 36 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,944 | 39 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,420 | 48 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,485 | 75 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,555 | 71 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,030 | 92 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,909 | 98 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,786 | 105 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,028 | 85 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,096 | 79 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,649 | 107 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,707 | 96 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,667 | 96 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,927 | 75 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,915 | 75 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,880 | 74 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,454 | 109 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,611 | 94 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,588 | 97 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #1,779 | 80 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,938 | 71 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,479 | 98 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,636 | 79 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #1,792 | 65 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #1,717 | 68 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #2,137 | 49 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #3,069 | 28 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #2,475 | 37 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #2,777 | 16 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #4,505 | 6 |
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| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
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| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Caley! It came in at #8,423, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1976, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Caley is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Colorado#558 · 1 in 4,198
- Ohio#818 · 1 in 9,672
- Georgia#842 · 1 in 7,839
- California#2,386 · 1 in 35,853
Best ever in a state: #397 in Colorado, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Colorado | #558 | 5 | 1 in 4,198 |
| Ohio | #818 | 7 | 1 in 9,672 |
| Georgia | #842 | 5 | 1 in 7,839 |
| California | #2,386 | 6 | 1 in 35,853 |
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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 Caley
- 4,376 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #10,917)
- 1,964 spots since 2020 (#8,953 → #10,917)
- 5,264 spots since 2015 (#5,653 → #10,917)
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 1994 at #1,454 (109 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 16,383 girls born in 1994 were named Caley (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 34.9% of all girls named Caley (867) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1979, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 46 | #5,563 (1978) | #7,087 |
| 1980s | 476 | #1,479 (1989) | #2,788 |
| 1990s | 867 | #1,454 (1994) | #1,747 |
| 2000s | 799 | #1,649 (2000) | #2,390 |
| 2010s | 253 | #3,916 (2011) | #5,628 |
| 2020s | 40 | #8,953 (2020) | #11,637 |
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.
Caley in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 26,748 of them was named Caley, which outranked 86.5% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,776Sparkle66
- #1,776Takia66
- #1,776Toya66
- #1,792Caley65
- #1,792Brea65
- #1,792Cambria65
- #1,792Evangelina65
- #1,812Allegra64
- #1,812Anya64
- #1,812Cailin64
Tied with 19 names at #1,792; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 266,712 of them was named Caley, which outranked 33.0% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,968Zamir8
- #4,968Zeshan8
- #4,968Zoltan8
- #5,459Caley7
- #5,459Abdur7
- #5,459Acey7
- #5,459Adama7
- #6,089Aamir6
- #6,089Aaryn6
- #6,089Abayomi6
Tied with 629 names at #5,459; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.