girls:
197 births since 1982
#5519 (3rd percentile)
boys:
244 births since 1987
#4342 (5th percentile)
overall:
441 births since 1982
#7298 (6th percentile)
The name Cailen is the #7,298 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 441 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 5.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,342 (5.3% percentile) for all time with 244 births since 1987. For girls, it ranks #5,519 (3.4% percentile) for all time with 197 births since 1982.
Cailen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 (1982 for girls and 1987 for boys). Birth data for Cailen is available in 35 out of the 41 years between 1982 and 2022 (27 years for girls and 26 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 Cailen has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (55.3% of all recorded births). In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Cailen were boys. Interestingly, until around 2006, the name was more popular for girls (59.9% girls from 1982 to 2005), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (68.8% boys from 2006 to 2022).
For boys, Cailen reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #871) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Cailen reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #951) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2016.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cailen".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Cailen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.0% confident that Cailen is pronounced as KAY-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAY-lihn, at 37.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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