Caylee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,194 for girls
Caylee is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,194th for girls in the US (84 babies).
What does Caylee mean?
Modern: spelling of Kaylee; blend of Kay and Lee
A modern blend of Kay and Lee, closely related to Kayleigh.
Meaning borrowed from Kaylee. More on Wiktionary.
Is Caylee a girl's or a boy's name?
Caylee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 84 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caylee in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 6 girls.
Caylee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Caylee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,194th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 84 about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 84 girls in the US were named Caylee, making it the 2,194th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,120th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 1,247 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Caylee than any year since 1993.
Half of all the girls named Caylee in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,361 girls in the US were given Caylee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #89, up from #2,194 for this spelling alone.
Caylee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84 | #2,194 |
| 2024 | 104 | #1,913 |
| 2023 | 127 | #1,636 |
| 2022 | 152 | #1,456 |
| 2021 | 192 | #1,223 |
| 2020 | 215 | #1,120 |
| 2019 | 206 | #1,161 |
| 2018 | 222 | #1,108 |
| 2017 | 269 | #975 |
| 2016 | 301 | #915 |
| 2015 | 331 | #847 |
| 2014 | 419 | #678 |
| 2013 | 476 | #597 |
| 2012 | 621 | #497 |
| 2011 | 696 | #444 |
| 2010 | 570 | #523 |
| 2009 | 1,247 | #264 |
| 2008 | 600 | #513 |
| 2007 | 259 | #1,019 |
| 2006 | 240 | #1,063 |
| 2005 | 225 | #1,061 |
| 2004 | 190 | #1,179 |
| 2003 | 185 | #1,168 |
| 2002 | 201 | #1,059 |
| 2001 | 179 | #1,160 |
| 2000 | 187 | #1,096 |
| 1999 | 187 | #1,069 |
| 1998 | 176 | #1,093 |
| 1997 | 148 | #1,210 |
| 1996 | 133 | #1,294 |
| 1995 | 93 | #1,602 |
| 1994 | 98 | #1,561 |
| 1993 | 80 | #1,811 |
| 1992 | 59 | #2,234 |
| 1991 | 56 | #2,285 |
| 1990 | 54 | #2,312 |
| 1989 | 41 | #2,708 |
| 1988 | 55 | #2,088 |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,850 |
| 1986 | 35 | #2,723 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
Names like Caylee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caoimhe, Keira, Eden, Cassidy, Aoife, Kiara, Bree, Maeve, Caitlin, Clodagh, Ocean, Teagan
Other spellings of Caylee
Kaylee, Kaeli, Kayleigh, Keily, Kailey, Kaylie, Kailee, Caeli, Keyli, Kaleigh, Kaely
Names related to Caylee
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Caylee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caylee, updated 20 October 2026.