Cailen

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Cailen by the numbers

Cailen was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Cailen

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cailen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Cailan7 in the US (2017)
  • Carlen5 in the US (2017)
  • Carmensong; poem; possibly from mount carmel789 in the US (2017)
  • Carlinlittle champion; from Cathal61 in the US (2017)
  • Caidynbattle; a modern respelling of Caden43 in the US (2017)
  • Cardenfrom the garden; a place name27 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Cailen

Names that are said the same way as Cailen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Callanpowerful warrior; a form of cailean393 in the US (2017)
  • Kailynpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin294 in the US (2017)
  • Kaylinpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin or Katelin290 in the US (2017)
  • Kailynnpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin157 in the US (2017)
  • Kaylynpure; a modern respelling of Kaitlyn or Katelyn130 in the US (2017)
  • Cailynpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin or Caitlyn87 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Cailen

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