Caylyn — girls' name
445 babies named Caylyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Caylyn was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Caylyn in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Caylyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 445 babies named Caylyn between 1986 and 2020, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Caylyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Caylyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 175 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Caylyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Caylyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Caylyn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 445 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Caylyn at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Caylyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1986
- Peak year (2009)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
445 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 27 births in a single year.
Caylyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 175 births that decade — 39% of Caylyn's all-time total
Caylyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 175 births
- Runner-up 130 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Caylyn's strongest decade
175 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Caylyn by state
Where Caylyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Virginia | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 445 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Virginia 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Virginia accounts for 1.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1986–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.