Cailin
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 2009 at #12,491
Given to girls 99.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 162 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,713since 1968
Cailin over time
Rank among girls' names. Cailin has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,028 | 26 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,955 | 20 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,546 | 42 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,653 | 29 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,237 | 33 | — | |
| 2017 | #4,695 | 29 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,254 | 50 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,843 | 60 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,681 | 65 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,315 | 81 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,968 | 100 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,621 | 133 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,848 | 115 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #1,642 | 137 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,621 | 137 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #1,615 | 132 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,466 | 144 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,413 | 147 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,272 | 164 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,282 | 153 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #1,311 | 146 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,288 | 150 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,349 | 131 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,161 | 162 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #1,242 | 143 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,368 | 123 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #1,306 | 127 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,312 | 129 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,882 | 75 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,318 | 56 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,136 | 62 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,938 | 71 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,096 | 59 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,011 | 59 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,812 | 64 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,470 | 40 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,484 | 39 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,111 | 47 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,198 | 44 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | — | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | — | |
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| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
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| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Cailin! It came in at #4,779, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1972, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Cailin
- 4,338 spots since 2024 (#7,594 → #11,932)
- 8,386 spots since 2020 (#3,546 → #11,932)
- 8,678 spots since 2015 (#3,254 → #11,932)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1998 at #1,161 (162 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 10,907 girls born in 1998 were named Cailin (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 38.4% of all girls named Cailin (1,425) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9 | #4,779 (1968) | #4,779 |
| 1970s | 53 | #5,214 (1978) | #6,427 |
| 1980s | 423 | #1,812 (1987) | #2,616 |
| 1990s | 1,079 | #1,161 (1998) | #1,601 |
| 2000s | 1,425 | #1,272 (2003) | #1,476 |
| 2010s | 604 | #1,621 (2010) | #3,371 |
| 2020s | 120 | #3,546 (2020) | #7,174 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Cailin in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 14,252 of them was named Cailin, which outranked 91.4% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,358Malaysia124
- #1,358Mikaila124
- #1,358Trina124
- #1,368Cailin123
- #1,368Annalisa123
- #1,368Felicity123
- #1,368Hilary123
- #1,375Anya122
- #1,375Brigitte122
- #1,375Farrah122
Tied with 6 names at #1,368; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 315,717 of them was named Cailin, which outranked 24.3% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #7,136Zeshan7
- #7,136Zoe7
- #7,136Zyan7
- #7,971Cailin6
- #7,971Aalim6
- #7,971Aaronjames6
- #7,971Abdalla6
- #9,015Aadam5
- #9,015Aaris5
- #9,015Aasim5
Tied with 1,043 names at #7,971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.