Caily
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Caily by the numbers
Caily was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 1994, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Caily
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 Caily. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Carlya free person; a form of Carla or Carl687 in the US (2017)
- Cailynpure; a modern respelling of Caitlin or Caitlyn87 in the US (2017)
- Caileystrife or battle; a modern respelling of Caley64 in the US (2017)
- Callybeautiful or lovely; diminutive of Calista7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Caila28 in the US (2017)
- Caly7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Caily
Names that are said the same way as Caily, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Calliebeautiful; a form of Calista or Calliope270 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kaliblack; fierce; Hindu goddess of time1,120 in the US (2017)
- Kallibeautiful; a form of Callie105 in the US (2017)
- Callia form of Callie; beautiful or lovely73 in the US (2017)
- Kaliebeautiful; a form of Callie38 in the US (2017)
- Caliebeautiful; a variant of Callie or Cally30 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Caily
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