Girls' name · since 1989
Caily
Caily has 183 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,705 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 183
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Caily sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 183 recorded since 1989.
Caily has 183 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1989 to 2022.
- #20,705 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 183 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caily ranks #20,705 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 183 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,705 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 183
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Caily's 183 recorded births place it above 71.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Caily's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Caily's full recorded timeline at 2009, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Caily popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2022
- Peak year (1994)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Caily by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (75 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Caily's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Caily births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
75 births
- 2010s
2010s
57 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 75 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Caily's decade-level peak was the 2000s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Caily: 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 (~33 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, 1989–2022 (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 Caily 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.