girls:
1.7k births since 1986
#4040 (29th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1986
#6021 (22nd percentile)
The name Cailee is the #6,021 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,730 recorded births since 1986. This represents the 22.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,040 (29.3% percentile) for all time with 1,730 births since 1986.
Cailee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1986 (first recorded for girls in 1986).
For girls, Cailee reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 8.1% percentile (ranked #814) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 40 births per million (ranked 8.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Cailee ranks #930 for girls (1.8% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 31.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cailee".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Cailee. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Cailee is pronounced as KAY-lee, which has 2 syllables.
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