girls:
659 births since 1990
#5057 (12th percentile)
boys:
2.4k births since 1992
#2589 (44th percentile)
overall:
3k births since 1990
#4920 (36th percentile)
The name Caelan is the #4,920 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,049 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 36.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 36.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,589 (43.5% percentile) for all time with 2,390 births since 1992. For girls, it ranks #5,057 (11.5% percentile) for all time with 659 births since 1990.
Caelan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (1990 for girls and 1992 for boys).
The name Caelan has been given predominantly to boys, with 78.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 88.4% of babies named Caelan were boys. Interestingly, until around 1992, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1990 to 1991), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (78.7% boys from 1992 to 2023).
For boys, Caelan reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 15.8% percentile (ranked #695) with 65 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 65 births per million (ranked 15.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Caelan ranks #855 for boys (6.2% percentile) with 33 births per million, which is 51.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Caelan reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 7.7% percentile (ranked #837) with 37 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 37 births per million (ranked 7.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Caelan ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 12.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Caelan".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Caelan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.0% confident that Caelan is pronounced as KAY-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAI-luhn, at 10.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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