Cailen

Girl · recorded 1982–2016

  • 2016last recorded
  • 2009best year

Most popular in 2009.

Last recorded in 2016. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Cailen.

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Its story

Popularity since 1982

04719821991199920082016

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 27 recorded years as a table
Cailen, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19824
19853
19863
19893
19904
19923
19934
19943
19963
19975
19985
19993
20006
20017
20023
20034
20047
20063
20074
20084
20097
20104
20113
20135
20143
20153
20163

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Cailen isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2016
6
Rank in 2016
#14,331
How rare
1 in 295,337 girls
Since 1982
197

Cailen was last recorded in 2016. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 2009, at 7 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Cailen doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.