Cayley
- #11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 75 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,213since 1984
Cayley over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Cayley has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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 | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 |
| 2016 | #8,393 | 13 |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 |
| 2013 | #5,644 | 23 |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 |
| 2010 | #6,382 | 20 |
| 2009 | #3,944 | 39 |
| 2008 | #3,478 | 47 |
| 2007 | #3,376 | 49 |
| 2006 | #3,136 | 53 |
| 2005 | #3,081 | 51 |
| 2004 | #3,333 | 45 |
| 2003 | #2,885 | 53 |
| 2002 | #3,595 | 37 |
| 2001 | #2,766 | 53 |
| 2000 | #2,672 | 55 |
| 1999 | #2,258 | 66 |
| 1998 | #1,992 | 75 |
| 1997 | #2,259 | 60 |
| 1996 | #2,591 | 48 |
| 1995 | #2,052 | 66 |
| 1994 | #2,752 | 44 |
| 1993 | #2,882 | 41 |
| 1992 | #3,503 | 31 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
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First appearance
1984
The first year at least five girls were named Cayley! It came in at #9,144, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1984–1985, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Cayley is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Cayley in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 3,361 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #11,932)
- 2,386 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #11,932)
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1984
- Peaked 1998 at #1,992 (75 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 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 23,559
- Highest: 1 in 23,559 girls born in 1998 were named Cayley (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 39.7% of all girls named Cayley (482) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 47 | #6,612 (1986) | #8,382 |
| 1990s | 461 | #1,992 (1998) | #3,208 |
| 2000s | 482 | #2,672 (2000) | #3,227 |
| 2010s | 178 | #5,398 (2012) | #6,988 |
| 2020s | 45 | #9,546 (2020) | #11,891 |
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.
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