Boys' name · since 2008
Cayl
Cayl has 22 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,082 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 2008
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cayl sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 22 recorded since 2008.
Cayl has 22 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 2008 to 2011.
- #28,082 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 22 born since 2008
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cayl ranks #28,082 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 2008, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,082 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 2008
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cayl's 22 recorded births place it above 37.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cayl's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Cayl's full recorded timeline at 2010, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% 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 2008 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Cayl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2011
- Peak year (2008)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Cayl by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (12 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Cayl's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Cayl births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 12 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Cayl's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2010s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cayl: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~3 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, 2008–2011 (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 Cayl 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.