girls:
2.5k births since 1973
#3486 (39th percentile)
boys:
151 births since 1928
#4435 (3rd percentile)
overall:
2.6k births since 1928
#5241 (32nd percentile)
The name Caley is the #5,241 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,619 recorded births since 1928. This represents the 32.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 32.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,486 (39.0% percentile) for all time with 2,468 births since 1973. For boys, it ranks #4,435 (3.2% percentile) for all time with 151 births since 1928.
Caley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1928 (1928 for boys and 1973 for girls). Birth data for Caley is available in 52 out of the 96 years between 1928 and 2023 (49 years for girls and 17 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 Caley has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 94.2% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1974, the name was more popular for boys (81.5% boys from 1928 to 1973), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (95.0% girls from 1974 to 2023).
For girls, Caley reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 12.3% percentile (ranked #741) with 56 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 56 births per million (ranked 12.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2004, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Caley ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 6.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Caley reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #677) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1992.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Caley".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Caley. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 77.3% confident that Caley is pronounced as KAY-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KA-lee, at 11.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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