Cayley
Cayley is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 199875 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1984
- 1,206people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,206 girls have been named Cayley in the United States since 1984, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 75 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2000s alone account for 40%.
By decade
In 1998, its biggest year
Cayley was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1998 were Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Cayley
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Destinipeak 1999
- Cheyannepeak 1999
- Cheyannpeak 1999
- Chyannepeak 1999
- Destineepeak 1999
- Adreannapeak 1997
- Briannapeak 2000
- Kaitlynnpeak 1999
Other spellings in the data
- Kaylee139,199 ever
- Kailey27,089 ever
- Kaylie21,950 ever
- Kailee12,823 ever
- Caylee9,682 ever
- Kayley8,541 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.