NameTides

Cailen

Cailen was the #9,714 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies).

Cailen as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Cailen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020US
Cailen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#9,714 (7)———
2023—#4,108 (4)——
2022#7,768 (10)#4,790 (3)——
2020#12,022 (5)———
2019——#516 (5)—
2018#8,154 (9)#3,011 (6)——
2017#8,140 (9)#4,812 (3)——
2016#12,185 (5)#3,079 (6)——
2015#12,086 (5)#3,373 (5)——
2014#7,048 (11)#3,895 (4)——
2013#6,603 (12)#2,660 (7)#687 (3)—
2012#6,306 (13)#2,721 (7)——
2011#6,578 (12)#2,892 (6)#544 (4)—
2010#5,741 (15)#1,911 (11)——
2009#5,554 (16)#1,749 (12)—#2,625 (5)

Cailen as a girl’s name

  • US
Cailen as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.000.010.010.0118801900192019401960198020002020
Cailen as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.000.010.010.011880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2016#14,331 (6)
2015#14,482 (6)
2014#14,558 (6)
2013#11,969 (8)
2011#14,824 (6)
2010#13,448 (7)
2009#8,888 (13)
2008#12,579 (8)
2007#13,924 (7)
2006#15,152 (6)
2004#8,716 (12)
2003#11,325 (8)
2002#13,595 (6)
2001#8,196 (12)
2000#8,534 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2007 at #5,210.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1987.
  • In 2016, 55% of US babies named Cailen were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CailenCanadaBoys—too few
CailenEngland & WalesBoys—too few
CailenNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
CailenScotlandBoys—too few
CailenUSGirls—too few
CailenUSBoys#9,7147