Cailey — #5334 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Cailey

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,841 babies named Cailey between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cailey currently holds the #5334 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 198 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cailey performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,648 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Cailey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 367 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Cailey in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cailey 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 3,841 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.