Boys' name · since 2001
Cayd
70 babies named Cayd in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,792 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,817 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 70
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Cayd is the #12817 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 70 recorded since 2001.
Social Security Administration records show Cayd recorded 70 times among boys since 2001, holding rank #12817 nationally today, ahead of 8% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #19,792 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,817 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 70 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cayd ranks #19,792 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,817 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 70 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,792 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,817 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 70
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cayd's 70 recorded births place it above 56.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Cayd compares
70 21st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Cayd's all-time total is 81% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cayd | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 70 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Cayd's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cayd's full recorded timeline at 2011, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cayd popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Cayd by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (31 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Cayd's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Cayd births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
29 births
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 31 births (44% of all-time use).
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What to do with Cayd's data
- Cayd's decade-level peak was the 2010s (31 total births); usage has since declined to 10 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 Cayd: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Cayd 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.