Given name
Cayle
“a respected woman”
Cayle is a variant of Cale. One Latin interpretation is “a respected woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cayle is a variant of Cale. One Latin interpretation is “a respected woman.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cayle through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 383
- 250 boys · 133 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 22 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 boys is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 486 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.
People named Cayle
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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