Given name
Caylee
“one who is lean”·“crowned with laurel”·“one who is slender”
Caylee is a variant of Caley. One interpretation is “one who is lean.” Caylee is a variant of Cayla. Interpretations include “crowned with laurel” and “one who is slender”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Caylee is a variant of Caley. One interpretation is “one who is lean.” Caylee is a variant of Cayla. Interpretations include “crowned with laurel” and “one who is slender”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Caylee 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 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Caylee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,769
- 0 boys · 9,769 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 1,247 babies
- 2025
- 84
- #2,200 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −46%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 84 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,200 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 45.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,247 in 2009. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,698 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.
Caylee’s family of names
In English usage, Caylee has a related form in Kaylee. Caylee has a related form in Cayla. Caylee has a related form in Caley.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Caylee
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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