Cayley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Cayley is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Cayley mean?
Modern: spelling of Kayley, itself a variant of Kayleigh, a blend of Kay and Leigh
The spelling Kayleigh spread in Britain after Marillion's 1985 hit song of that name.
Meaning borrowed from Kayley. More on Wiktionary.
Is Cayley a girl's or a boy's name?
Cayley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cayley in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 6 girls.
Cayley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
How popular is Cayley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Cayley, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1998, with 75 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Cayley in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cayley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 39 | #3,943 |
| 2008 | 47 | #3,477 |
| 2007 | 49 | #3,376 |
| 2006 | 53 | #3,135 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,077 |
| 2004 | 45 | #3,329 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,882 |
| 2002 | 37 | #3,591 |
| 2001 | 53 | #2,762 |
| 2000 | 55 | #2,668 |
| 1999 | 66 | #2,255 |
| 1998 | 75 | #1,989 |
| 1997 | 60 | #2,256 |
| 1996 | 48 | #2,587 |
| 1995 | 66 | #2,047 |
| 1994 | 44 | #2,747 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,877 |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,497 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
Nicknames for Cayley
- Kay 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Cayley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caoimhe, Cassidy, Keira, Eden, Caitlin, Riley, Caragh, Kiara, Casey, Ffion, Teagan, Niamh
Names related to Cayley
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, “Cayley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cayley, updated 20 October 2026.