Girls' name · since 2001
Caylei
160 babies named Caylei in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,109 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
160 girls have been named Caylei since 2001, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Caylei has 160 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2024.
- #22,109 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 160 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caylei ranks #22,109 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 160 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,109 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Caylei's 160 recorded births place it above 69.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Caylei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Caylei's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Caylei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2024
- Peak year (2016)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Caylei by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (89 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Caylei's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Caylei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
44 births
- 2010s
2010s
89 births
- 2020s 27
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 89 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Caylei's decade-level peak was the 2010s (89 total births); usage has since declined to 27 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 Caylei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2001–2024 (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 Caylei 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.