Feminine dossier · first seen 1979

Cailyn

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2009

Peak era

2009

Peak rank proxy

401

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1979Peak 20092024

Peak year

2009

Decline from peak

88%

2024

All-time

5,509

Cailyn 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 2009, when 401 girls were named Cailyn.

In 2024, only 48 girls were given the name.

Down 88% from its peak.

All told, about 5,509 Americans have been named Cailyn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1979.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2009

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