Cailen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-len
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Cailen is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
Where does Cailen come from?
Scottish: probably a spelling of Cailean or Callan
Is Cailen a girl's or a boy's name?
Cailen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cailen in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Cailen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cailen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Cailen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Cailen, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Cailen in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cailen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
Nicknames for Cailen
- Cal 10 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Cailen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Aiden Brody Finn Caelan Brayden Conan Kian Ronan Keegan Conlan Declan
Names related to Cailen
Callen Cailean Kailen Cailan Calen Caylen Calin Cailin Caelin
More Scottish names
Isla Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox Dallas
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Cailen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cailen, updated 20 October 2026.