Girls' name · since 1989
Caylea
Since 1989, U.S. Social Security records show 148 babies named Caylea, peaking in 2001. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,887 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 148
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Caylea sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 148 recorded since 1989.
Caylea has 148 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 2017.
- #22,887 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 148 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caylea ranks #22,887 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 148 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,887 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 148
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Caylea's 148 recorded births place it above 68.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Caylea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Caylea's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1989, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Caylea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2017
- Peak year (2001)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Caylea by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (82 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Caylea's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Caylea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
49 births
- 2000s
2000s
82 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 82 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Caylea's decade-level peak was the 2000s (82 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2010s -- 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 Caylea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1989–2017 (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 Caylea 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.