Cailey
Girl · KAY-lee · Modern
Cailey is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
Where does Cailey come from?
Modern: spelling of Kailey, itself a spelling of Kayleigh, a modern name
- Say it
- KAY-lee
Meaning borrowed from Kailey. More on Wiktionary.
Is Cailey a girl's or a boy's name?
Cailey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cailey in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Cailey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cailey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 2 | #7,588 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 2 | #5,792 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
How popular is Cailey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Cailey, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,675th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 198 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
2025 had fewer girls named Cailey than any year since 1987.
Half of all the girls named Cailey in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cailey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 40 | #3,675 |
| 2019 | 52 | #3,084 |
| 2018 | 44 | #3,496 |
| 2017 | 64 | #2,689 |
| 2016 | 86 | #2,221 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,619 |
| 2014 | 88 | #2,154 |
| 2013 | 103 | #1,929 |
| 2012 | 119 | #1,733 |
| 2011 | 91 | #2,103 |
| 2010 | 149 | #1,500 |
| 2009 | 139 | #1,612 |
| 2008 | 123 | #1,786 |
| 2007 | 149 | #1,537 |
| 2006 | 154 | #1,449 |
| 2005 | 182 | #1,244 |
| 2004 | 187 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 176 | #1,208 |
| 2002 | 151 | #1,296 |
| 2001 | 196 | #1,083 |
| 2000 | 191 | #1,079 |
| 1999 | 198 | #1,026 |
| 1998 | 194 | #1,023 |
| 1997 | 143 | #1,240 |
| 1996 | 105 | #1,517 |
| 1995 | 96 | #1,572 |
| 1994 | 86 | #1,709 |
| 1993 | 80 | #1,811 |
| 1992 | 70 | #1,960 |
| 1991 | 46 | #2,614 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,073 |
| 1989 | 36 | #2,980 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
Names like Cailey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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