Caileen — girls' name
139 babies named Caileen in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Caileen was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Caileen in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Caileen
The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Caileen between 1988 and 2014, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Caileen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Caileen performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Caileen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Caileen 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 139 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.
Caileen at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Caileen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1988
- Peak year (1992)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
139 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 10 births in a single year.
Caileen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 62 births that decade — 45% of Caileen's all-time total
Caileen decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Caileen's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% 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, 1988–2014 (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.