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Caylen

Boy · KAY-len · Modern

Caylen is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).

Where does Caylen come from?

Modern: spelling of Kaylen; modern name related to Kalen and Kaylan

Say it
KAY-len

Meaning borrowed from Kaylen.

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

Caylen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 6 boys in the US.

How popular is Caylen in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,065among boys
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 30% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Caylen, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 6 boys.

Half of all the boys named Caylen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 302 boys in the UK were given Caylen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #196, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.

2003Busiest: 6 in 20112025
Caylen in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253#5,065
20240–
20234#4,335
20220–
20213#4,989
20206#3,108
20191#6,258
20183#4,959
20170–
20164#4,214
20155#3,527
20146#3,125
20133#4,884
20125#3,572
20116#3,038
20103#4,865
20090–
20084#3,836
20075#3,231
20060–
20053#3,992
20040–
20031#4,616

How popular is Caylen in the US?

Rank in 2025
#13,203among girls
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 270,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 43% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Caylen, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2009, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986. 6 boys were also named Caylen in 2025 (10,690th for boys).

2025 had the fewest girls named Caylen since it first appeared, in 1986.

Half of all the girls named Caylen in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2019, 50% of the babies named Caylen in the US were girls.

1986Busiest: 41 in 20092025
Caylen in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256#13,203
20249#10,266
202311#8,984
202210#9,674
202111#8,973
202012#8,401
201916#7,021
201818#6,517
201711#9,337
201622#5,794
201518#6,719
201426#5,161
201331#4,541
201222#5,892
201133#4,352
201041#3,744
200941#3,799
200831#4,760
200731#4,674
200623#5,708
200515#7,495
200421#5,740
200317#6,571
200220#5,669
200113#7,717
200012#8,020
199917#5,890
199812#7,527
199710#8,329
199615#6,059
199510#8,074
199411#7,598
199312#7,031
19929#8,726
199112#6,969
19908#9,241
19897#9,675
19888#8,386
19879#7,348
19868#7,745

Names like Caylen

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