girls:
133 births since 1987
#5583 (2nd percentile)
boys:
250 births since 1972
#4336 (5th percentile)
overall:
383 births since 1972
#7356 (5th percentile)
The name Cayle is the #7,356 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 383 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 4.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,336 (5.4% percentile) for all time with 250 births since 1972. For girls, it ranks #5,583 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 133 births since 1987.
Cayle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (1972 for boys and 1987 for girls). Birth data for Cayle is available in 37 out of the 45 years between 1972 and 2016 (32 years for boys and 18 years for girls). 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 Cayle has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (65.3% of all recorded births). In 2016, 100.0% of babies named Cayle were boys.
For boys, Cayle reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #761) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 6 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2016.
For girls, Cayle reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #877) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2014.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cayle".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Cayle. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Cayle is pronounced as kayl, which has 1 syllables.
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