Girls' name · since 2003
Caelia
Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 76 babies named Caelia, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,146 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,598 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 76
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Caelia currently ranks #12598 among girls' names in America, with 76 babies recorded since 2003.
Social Security Administration records show Caelia recorded 76 times among girls since 2003, holding rank #12598 nationally today, ahead of 27% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #30,146 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,598 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 76 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caelia ranks #30,146 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,598 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 76 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #30,146 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,598 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 76
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Caelia's 76 recorded births place it above 58.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Caelia compares
76 21st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Caelia's all-time total is 80% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Caelia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 76 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Caelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Caelia's full recorded timeline at 2019, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Caelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Caelia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (40 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Caelia's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Caelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
- 2020s
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 40 births (53% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2003–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Caelia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.