Cail — boys' name
59 babies named Cail in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
78% of everyone ever named Cail was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Cail in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cail
The Social Security Administration has registered 59 babies named Cail between 2001 and 2013, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cail currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cail performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Cail shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cail in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 59 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cail at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cail popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2001
- Peak year (2009)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
59 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 8 births in a single year.
Cail by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 46 births that decade — 78% of Cail's all-time total
Cail decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Cail's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 78% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2001–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.