Cailee — #4701 US girls' name
1,759 babies named Cailee in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 73% of names given to girls today.
34% of everyone ever named Cailee was born in this single decade.
77 babies were named Cailee in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cailee
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,759 babies named Cailee between 1986 and 2024, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cailee currently holds the #4701 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 77 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cailee performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 606 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Cailee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 117 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Cailee in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cailee 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 1,759 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.
Cailee at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cailee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1986
- Peak year (1999)
- 77
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
Currently ranks #4701 among girls.
1,759 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 77 births in a single year.
Cailee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 606 births that decade — 34% of Cailee's all-time total
Cailee decade highlights
- Peak decade 606 births
- Runner-up 544 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Cailee's strongest decade
606 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Cailee by state
Where Cailee concentrates geographically — total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 117 | 6.7% |
| #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 1,759 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.7% of nationwide
- California 4.5% of nationwide
- Florida 1.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 18 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Cailee appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1986–2024 (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.