Cailin
Cailin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 14 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 140.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2003164 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1968
- 3,706people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,706 girls have been named Cailin in the United States since 1968, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2003, with 164 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2000s alone account for 38%.
By decade
In 2003, its biggest year
Cailin was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2003 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Hannah and Olivia. See all of 2003.
Names that rose and fell with Cailin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tiyanapeak 1999
- Emileypeak 2005
- Kyleypeak 2006
- Maricarmenpeak 2000
- Jennyferpeak 2002
- Emileepeak 2003
- Kaylipeak 2003
- Keelinpeak 2002
Other spellings in the data
- Kaylin19,798 ever
- Kailyn14,098 ever
- Kaylynn12,112 ever
- Kaylyn11,982 ever
- Cailyn5,509 ever
- Kailynn4,654 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.