Girls' name · since 1984

Caylie

Caylie has 1,641 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#5,377 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,280 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,641
born since 1984
2000s
peak decade

Caylie currently ranks #12280 among girls' names in America, with 1,641 babies recorded since 1984.

Caylie has 1,641 recorded births among girls since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12280 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of girls, 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 1984 to 2025.

  • #5,377 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #12,280 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 1,641 born since 1984
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caylie ranks #5,377 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,280 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,641 born since 1984, peaking in the 2000s.

#5,377 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,280 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,641
born since 1984
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%29%
Caylie vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Caylie's 1,641 recorded births place it above 92.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

11 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.

How Caylie compares

1,641 Top 25% higher than 75% of 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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

Caylie's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Caylie Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 1,641 376 567,345
Peak-year births 106 21 19,840

Caylie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Caylie splits its recorded history at 2005: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 106 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Caylie popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2009)
106
Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
050100150 19841990199620022008201420202025 7

Caylie by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (692 births, 42% of the file).

2000s was Caylie's strongest decade.

692 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.

Caylie births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 692 births (42% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Caylie compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Caylie's total volume

Caylie vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 2%4%6%8%10% 050100150 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -57, 7.2%-78, 7.6%-50, 6.7%-52, 5.5%-49, 5.1%-29, 7.2%-25, 8.2%-31, 6.8%-110, 4.6%-75, 4.3%-46, 5.1%-92, 3.8%-28, 6.3%-144, 2.8%-59, 6.5%Caylie-42, 6.5%Caylie
Caylie vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Caylie by state

Where Caylie concentrates geographically, total births since 1984

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Caylie
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
122 7.4%
#2 Texas
107 6.5%
#3 Florida
48 2.9%
#4 Ohio
19 1.2%
#5 Illinois
18 1.1%
#6 Tennessee
13 0.8%
#7 North Carolina
8 0.5%
#8 Georgia
7 0.4%
California share of Caylie's total US births 7.4%
Even split

122 of 1,641 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.

Caylie appears in 11 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Caylie?
Since 1984, Social Security records show 1,641 babies named Caylie. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #5,377 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #12,280 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2009, with 106 births.
Where does Caylie sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caylie ranks #5,377 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,280 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Caylie most popular?
Caylie was most popular in the 2000s decade with 692 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
Where is Caylie most popular?
The top states for the name Caylie are California (122 births), Texas (107 births), Florida (48 births).
How long has the name Caylie been used?
Caylie has been recorded in Social Security data since 1984, spanning 42 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Caylie?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Cayla, Caylee, Caydence, Caylin, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Caylie's data

  • Caylie's decade-level peak was the 2000s (692 total births); usage has since declined to 94 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • California records the most Caylies (122 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Caylie

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Caylie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1984–2025 (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 Caylie 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.