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Caylin

#11,134 in 2025Girls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Caylin has been given to 2,558 babies in the U.S. since 1981. In 2025 it ranked #11,134 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 143 recorded.

Babies named Caylin, 2025

1 in 414,000

Caylin over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Caylin: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Caylin means

Caylin is a given name.

The naming story behind Caylin

Wikidata records Caylin as a given name. The entity identifier is Q111054253, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,471 girls were recorded with the name Caylin between 1981 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 143 in 2009; its best national rank was #1,328 in 1996.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,377 in 2020 to #11,134 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,143 in 2015 to #11,134 in 2025.

In the United States, 87 boys were recorded with the name Caylin between 1986 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1998; its best national rank was #5,437 in 1990.

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 Caylin?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 201,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#11,134
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Caylin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Caylin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Caylins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Caylin was born before 2004 — so the typical Caylin is around 21 today.

Median birth year
2004
About 21 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
38.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
62.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,471
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 38.7% of all recorded uses (956).

Is Caylin 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
−4,142
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−4,757
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−7,991
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.15×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
5.6%
Peak was 2009 (143)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,328
1996

Spellings of Caylin

Caylin is not the most common spelling — Caitlin is, with 22.5% against Caylin's 0.49%.

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 Caylin is used

Across 1910–2025, Caylin was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 126,344 across all states with data. It was least common in South Carolina (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 50,000
  2. 2Georgia1 in 50,000
  3. 3Alabama1 in 100,000
  4. 4California1 in 100,000
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 100,000
  6. 6Ohio1 in 100,000
  7. 7Tennessee1 in 100,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 100,000

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. Caylin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Caylin around the world

Where Caylin 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
    2005–2009
    #4,564
    in 2009
  • Ireland
    2009–2009
    #893
    in 2009
  • Canada
    1996–2011
    #3,211
    in 2011
  • South Australia
    1998–2004
    #700
    in 2004

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Caylin by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#11,134
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,757
Best rank ever
#1,328
1996
Peak year
2009
143 that year
First recorded
1981
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,471
Count in 2025
8

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,437
1990
Peak year
1998
11 that year
First recorded
1986
Last recorded
2014
All-time count
87
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Caylin

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

CaydenCaylieCaytlinCayleyAshlinCaylenTaylinKaelinCayleeDaylinMaylinCarlinBerlinCayleighMarlinCailinCayceeJoslinRaylinAislinCaydenceJazlinKailinKeylin

Names with a curve like Caylin

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

AbrianaMakaelaMckenziShaylynnMackenziRayannaAshlinDivyaShaelynKyliTristynCatelyn

Sibling names for Caylin

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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