Girls' name · since 1986
Cailee
Cailee has 1,792 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,077 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,499 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,792
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,792 babies have been named Cailee since 1986, making it today's #4499 girls' name.
Cailee has 1,792 recorded births among girls since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4499 as of the latest data, more common than 74% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #5,077 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,499 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,792 born since 1986
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cailee ranks #5,077 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,499 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,792 born since 1986, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,077 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,499 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,792
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cailee's 1,792 recorded births place it above 92.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Cailee compares
1,792 Top 24% higher than 76% of 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
Cailee's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cailee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,792 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 77 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cailee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cailee's full recorded timeline at 2006, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 77 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cailee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 77
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Cailee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (606 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Cailee's strongest decade.
606 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Cailee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 53
1980s
53 births
- 1990s
1990s
406 births
- 2000s
2000s
606 births
- 2010s
2010s
544 births
- 2020s 183
2020s
183 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 606 births (34% of all-time use).
How Cailee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Cailee's total volume
Cailee by state
Where Cailee concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 117 | 6.5% |
| #2 | California | | 80 | 4.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 34 | 1.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 19 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 11 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 10 | 0.6% |
117 of 1,792 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Cailee appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Cailee's data
- Cailee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (606 total births); usage has since declined to 183 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Cailees (117 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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 Cailee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1986–2025 (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 Cailee 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.