Unisex name · since 1973
Caley
Caley has 2,481 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,072 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,164 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,481
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Caley currently ranks #11164 among unisex names in America, with 2,481 babies recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caley has been recorded 2,481 times among girls since 1973, currently ranked #11164 nationally and more common than 35% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #4,072 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,164 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,481 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caley ranks #4,072 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,164 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,481 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,072 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,164 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,481
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Caley's 2,481 recorded births place it above 94.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
21 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Caley compares
2,481 Top 20% higher than 80% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Caley's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Caley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,481 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 109 | 21 | 19,840 |
Caley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Caley splits its recorded history at 1999: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 109 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Caley popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 109
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Caley popularity over time - boys
151 total births recorded since 1928 (Caley as boys' name)
Caley by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (867 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Caley's strongest decade.
867 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Caley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 46
1970s
46 births
- 1980s
1980s
476 births
- 1990s
1990s
867 births
- 2000s
2000s
799 births
- 2010s 253
2010s
253 births
- 2020s 40
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 867 births (35% of all-time use).
How Caley compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Caley's total volume
Caley by state
Where Caley concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 138 | 5.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 132 | 5.3% |
| #3 | Colorado | | 112 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 79 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 60 | 2.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 50 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 37 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 26 | 1.0% |
138 of 2,481 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Caley appears in 21 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Caley's data
- Caley's decade-level peak was the 1990s (867 total births); usage has since declined to 40 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Caleys (138 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Caley: 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 (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Caley 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.