Caeli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-lee
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
Caeli is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “of heaven”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the US (90 babies).
What does Caeli mean?
Latin: Latin caeli, genitive of caelum, sky
“of heaven”
Latin for 'of heaven', familiar from the Marian hymn Regina Caeli, 'Queen of Heaven'.
Is Caeli a girl's or a boy's name?
Caeli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 90 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caeli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,076th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 90 about 1 in 18,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 178% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 90 girls in the US were named Caeli, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,221st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 148 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Caeli in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,361 girls in the US were given Caeli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #89, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.
Caeli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 90 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 123 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 148 | #1,474 |
| 2022 | 86 | #2,193 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,958 |
| 2020 | 48 | #3,221 |
| 2019 | 52 | #3,084 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,065 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,849 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,988 |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,267 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,710 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 33 | #3,860 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
Names like Caeli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Brynlee, Briar, Braelynn, Rowan, Finley, Kinley, Brooklyn, Raelynn, Lennon, Londyn, Cassidy
Other spellings of Caeli
Kaylee, Kaeli, Kayleigh, Keily, Kailey, Kaylie, Kailee, Caylee, Keyli, Kaleigh, Kaely
Names related to Caeli
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Caeli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caeli, updated 20 October 2026.