Girls' name · since 1992
Cailley
54 babies named Cailley in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,052 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1992
- 1990s
- peak decade
54 girls have been named Cailley since 1992, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Cailley recorded 54 times among girls since 1992, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2001.
- #34,052 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 54 born since 1992
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cailley ranks #34,052 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 1992, peaking in the 1990s.
- #34,052 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1992
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cailley's 54 recorded births place it above 52.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cailley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cailley's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1994 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cailley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2001
- Peak year (1994)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2001.
54 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 12 births in a single year.
Cailley by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (43 births, 80% of the file).
1990s was Cailley's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.
Cailley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
43 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 43 births (80% of all-time use).
Cailley decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Cailley's data
- Cailley's decade-level peak was the 1990s (43 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cailley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~9 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, 1992–2001 (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 Cailley 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.
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