girls:
2.4k births since 1987
#3553 (38th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 2012
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
2.4k births since 1987
#5440 (30th percentile)
The name Caelyn is the #5,440 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,380 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 29.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 29.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,553 (37.8% percentile) for all time with 2,375 births since 1987. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2012.
Caelyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (1987 for girls and 2012 for boys). Birth data for Caelyn is available in 36 out of the 37 years between 1987 and 2023 (36 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Caelyn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Caelyn reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 20.1% percentile (ranked #749) with 100 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 100 births per million (ranked 20.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Caelyn ranks #915 for girls (3.4% percentile) with 21 births per million, which is 21.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Caelyn reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #900) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2012.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Caelyn".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Caelyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.6% confident that Caelyn is pronounced as KAY-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAY-luhn, at 22.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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