Girls' name · since 1988
Cailah
Cailah has 136 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,764 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,543 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 136
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cailah currently ranks #15543 among girls' names in America, with 136 babies recorded since 1988.
Social Security Administration records show Cailah recorded 136 times among girls since 1988, holding rank #15543 nationally today, ahead of 10% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #23,764 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,543 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 136 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cailah ranks #23,764 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,543 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 136 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,764 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,543 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 136
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cailah's 136 recorded births place it above 67.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Cailah compares
136 30th 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
Cailah's all-time total is 64% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cailah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 136 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cailah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cailah splits its recorded history at 2009: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cailah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Cailah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (69 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Cailah's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Cailah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 8
1990s
8 births
- 2000s
2000s
69 births
- 2010s
2010s
44 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 69 births (51% of all-time use).
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What to do with Cailah's data
- Cailah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (69 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cailah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
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, 1988–2025 (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 Cailah 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.