Girls' name · since 1981
Caylin
Caylin has 2,471 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,082 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,222 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,471
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Caylin currently ranks #11222 among girls' names in America, with 2,471 babies recorded since 1981.
Caylin has 2,471 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11222 as of the latest data, more common than 35% 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 1981 to 2025.
- #4,082 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,222 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,471 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caylin ranks #4,082 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,222 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,471 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,082 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,222 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,471
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Caylin's 2,471 recorded births place it above 94.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
21 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Caylin compares
2,471 Top 20% higher than 80% 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
Caylin's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Caylin | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,471 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 143 | 21 | 19,840 |
Caylin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Caylin's full recorded timeline at 2004, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 143 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Caylin popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 143
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Caylin popularity over time - boys
87 total births recorded since 1986 (Caylin as boys' name)
Caylin by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (956 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Caylin's strongest decade.
956 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Caylin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 134
1980s
134 births
- 1990s
1990s
689 births
- 2000s
2000s
956 births
- 2010s
2010s
600 births
- 2020s 92
2020s
92 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 956 births (39% of all-time use).
How Caylin 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 Caylin's total volume
Caylin by state
Where Caylin concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 177 | 7.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 173 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 126 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 92 | 3.7% |
| #5 | New York | | 53 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 50 | 2.0% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 41 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 39 | 1.6% |
177 of 2,471 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Caylin appears in 21 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Caylin's data
- Caylin's decade-level peak was the 2000s (956 total births); usage has since declined to 92 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Caylins (177 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.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Caylin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1981–2025 (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 Caylin 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.