Girls' name · since 1989
Cayleen
Since 1989, U.S. Social Security records show 88 babies named Cayleen, peaking in 2014. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,532 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cayleen sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 88 recorded since 1989.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cayleen has been recorded 88 times among girls since 1989, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2015.
- #28,532 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 88 born since 1989
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cayleen ranks #28,532 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 88 born since 1989, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,532 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cayleen's 88 recorded births place it above 60.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cayleen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cayleen's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cayleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2015
- Peak year (2014)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Cayleen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (45 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Cayleen's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Cayleen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
24 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 45 births (51% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cayleen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~26 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, 1989–2015 (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 Cayleen 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.