Nameling

Caily

Gender
Girl
Say it
KAY-lee
Origin
Modern

Caily is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Caily come from?

Modern: spelling of Kailee; blend of Kay and Lee

Meaning borrowed from Kailee. More on Wiktionary.

Is Caily a girl's or a boy's name?

Caily is a girls' name.

How popular is Caily in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.

Half of all the girls named Caily in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

1989Busiest: 14 in 19942022
Caily in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20226#13,586
20217#12,201
20208#11,085
20195#15,532
20186#13,788
20177#12,709
20160–
20157#13,001
20147#13,063
20138#11,964
20126#14,956
20116#14,816
20105#16,985
20099#11,454
20080–
20077#13,918
20066#15,147
200512#8,878
20048#11,617
20037#12,401
200212#8,274
20017#12,049
20007#11,794
19990–
19980–
19970–
19965#13,511
19950–
199414#6,313
19930–
19926#11,730
19910–
19900–
19895#12,356

Names like Caily

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Caily

More Modern names

Every Modern name

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, “Caily: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caily, updated 20 October 2026.