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Caelan

#2,891 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Form of Caolán

Caelan has been given to 3,135 babies in the U.S. since 1992. In 2025 it ranked #2,891 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2001, with 135 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 79% boys, 21% girls all-time.

Babies named Caelan, 2025

1 in 77,100

Caelan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Caelan over time

In 2025, Caelan went to 12% girls and 88% boys.

19902025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Caelan: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Caolán

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Caelan means

Caelan is a form of Caolán.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Caolán.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,470 boys were recorded with the name Caelan between 1992 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 135 in 2001; its best national rank was #1,066 in 2001.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,663 in 2020 to #2,891 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,412 in 2015 to #2,891 in 2025.

In the United States, 665 girls were recorded with the name Caelan between 1990 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 75 in 2003; its best national rank was #2,261 in 2003.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #15,553 in 2020 to #13,504 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #14,838 in 2015 to #13,504 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Caelan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 77,100
43 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 39,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,891
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
53,441 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Caelan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 53,441 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Caelan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Caelans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Caelan was born before 2007 — so the typical Caelan is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
37.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
73.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,470
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 37.8% of all recorded uses (934).

Is Caelan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+449
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−228
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−479
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.81×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
31.9%
Peak was 2001 (135)
Years since peak
24
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,066
2001

Spellings of Caelan

Caelan is not the most common spelling — Alan is, with 60.3% against Caelan's 0.41%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Caelan is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Caelan was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 147,008 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Colorado1 in 100,000
  3. 3Florida1 in 100,000
  4. 4North Carolina1 in 100,000
  5. 5Oregon1 in 100,000
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in 100,000
  7. 7Texas1 in 100,000
  8. 8Virginia1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Caelan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Caelan is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Caelan was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 855,051 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Georgia1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Ohio1 in —
  5. 5Pennsylvania1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Caelan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Caelan around the world

Where Caelan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #352
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1996–2025
    #160
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    1999–2025
    #212
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2000–2025
    #43
    in 2025
  • France
    2002–2025
    #2,757
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1993–2024
    #1,459
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1996–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Caelan

People whose public names include Caelan, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Caelan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,891
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 228
Best rank ever
#1,066
2001
Peak year
2001
135 that year
First recorded
1992
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,470
Count in 2025
43

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#13,504
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,049
Best rank ever
#2,261
2003
Peak year
2003
75 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
665
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Caelan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

CaedenCaesarCaelumDeklanDaylanCaelenDyllanKeelanCaedmonKaelanKeilanJaylanWaylanCaelBrylanMarlanCaelinQuinlanKeylanConlanTaylanRaylanDillanKelan

Names with a curve like Caelan

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Caelan, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

SahilMaleekKeandreBraytonDaylonKeionQuinlanTavianAmanWillemKamilTyren

Sibling names for Caelan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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