Given name
Caili
“one who is lean”
Caili is a variant of Caley. One interpretation is “one who is lean.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Caili 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 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Caili through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 81
- 0 boys · 81 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 198 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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