Cailey Girl
How popular is Cailey?
#6,837 girl name in 2025
16 baby girls were named Cailey in the US in 2025, making it the 6837th most popular girl name.
Cailey popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,837 for girls (▼ 1540 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 16 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-76% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,619 in 2015, #3,675 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1999 (198 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,023 in 1998 |
| First recorded | 1984 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cailey counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kaylee family of names ranked #38 for girls in 2025 (#29 the year before), with 6,126 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kaylee | 1,205 | 20% |
| Callie | 1,754 | 29% |
| Kali | 948 | 15% |
| Cali | 518 | 8% |
| Kayleigh | 340 | 6% |
| Kallie | 279 | 5% |
| Kailey | 153 | 2% |
| Kaylie | 148 | 2% |
| Caylee | 84 | 1% |
| Kailee | 98 | 2% |
| Kaleigh | 56 | 1% |
| Kaley | 38 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cailey is most popular
Babies named Cailey per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Cailey by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 109 | #2,980 |
| 1990s | 1,054 | #1,023 |
| 2000s | 1,648 | #1,079 |
| 2010s | 864 | #1,500 |
| 2020s | 182 | #3,675 |
Girl names about as popular as Cailey
Questions
- Is Cailey a boy or girl name?
- Cailey is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Cailey were girls.
- How popular is the name Cailey?
- 16 baby girls were named Cailey in the US in 2025, making it the 6837th most popular girl name.
- When was Cailey most popular?
- Cailey peaked in 1999, when 198 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,023 in 1998.
- How many people are named Cailey?
- 3,857 babies have been named Cailey in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,817 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 22.
- Where is Cailey most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cailey was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.