Given name
Cailee
“one who is lean”
Cailee is a variant of Caley. One interpretation is “one who is lean.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cailee is a variant of Caley. One interpretation is “one who is lean.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cailee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,792
- 0 boys · 1,792 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 77 babies
- 2025
- 31
- #4,471 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 31 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,471 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 37.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 77 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,401 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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