Given name
Cailen
“a slender warrior; one who is slender and fair”
Cailen is a variant of Caelan. One interpretation is “a slender warrior; one who is slender and fair.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cailen is a variant of Caelan. One interpretation is “a slender warrior; one who is slender and fair.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cailen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 448
- 251 boys · 197 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,871 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −50%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,871 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 456 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 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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