Unisex name · since 1999
Cailan
Cailan has 174 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,810 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 174
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
174 boys have been named Cailan since 1999, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cailan has been recorded 174 times among boys since 1999, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2024.
- #13,810 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 174 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cailan ranks #13,810 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 174 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,810 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 174
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cailan's 174 recorded births place it above 69.56% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cailan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cailan's full recorded timeline at 2011, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cailan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2024
- Peak year (2012)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Cailan popularity over time - girls
71 total births recorded since 1998 (Cailan as girls' name)
Cailan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (69 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Cailan's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Cailan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
69 births
- 2010s
2010s
66 births
- 2020s
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 69 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Cailan's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (69 total births) through the 2020s (34) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cailan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1999–2024 (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 Cailan 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.