Given name
Cailie
“crowned with laurel”·“one who is slender”·“one who is lean”
Cailie is a variant of Cayla. Interpretations include “crowned with laurel” and “one who is slender”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Cailie is a variant of Caley. One interpretation is “one who is lean.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cailie is a variant of Cayla. Interpretations include “crowned with laurel” and “one who is slender”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Cailie is a variant of Caley. One interpretation is “one who is lean.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cailie is a variant of Cayla. An origin associated with Cayla is Hebrew.
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
Cailie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 219
- 0 boys · 219 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 17 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 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 223 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.
Cailie’s family of names
Cailie has a related form in Cayla. Cailie has a related form in Caley.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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