Feminine dossier · first seen 1968

Cailin

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Cailin
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2003

Peak era

2003

Peak rank proxy

164

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1968Peak 20032024

Peak year

2003

Decline from peak

91.5%

2024

All-time

3,706

Cailin is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 2003, when 164 girls were named Cailin.

In 2024, only 14 girls were given the name.

Down 91.5% from its peak.

All told, about 3,706 Americans have been named Cailin and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1968.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2003

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