Given name & surname
Cayli
“one who is lean”
Cayli is a variant of Caley. One interpretation is “one who is lean.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cayli 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 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cayli through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 459
- 0 boys · 459 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,539 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −51%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,539 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 27 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 397 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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