Caelan**
#2,370 most common boys' name of all time · #5,723 across all names · 79% male / 21% female · used 1990–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,370
Rank overall
#5,723 of 105,966
First appeared
1990
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
3,135
Since 2016
616
Peak year
2001 #1,072
Best rank
#1,072 2001
Girls
Boys
peak 174/yr
Caelan first appears in 1990. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 43 | 49 | #2,915 |
| 2024 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,375 |
| 2023 | 8 | 61 | 69 | #2,308 |
| 2022 | 5 | 70 | 75 | #2,130 |
| 2021 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,431 |
| 2020 | 5 | 47 | 52 | #2,680 |
| 2019 | 8 | 68 | 76 | #2,124 |
| 2018 | 12 | 56 | 68 | #2,378 |
| 2017 | 15 | 61 | 76 | #2,211 |
| 2016 | 8 | 52 | 60 | #2,471 |
| 2015 | 6 | 53 | 59 | #2,423 |
| 2014 | 15 | 62 | 77 | #2,201 |
| 2013 | 14 | 67 | 81 | #2,038 |
| 2012 | 17 | 61 | 78 | #2,181 |
| 2011 | 23 | 89 | 112 | #1,685 |
| 2010 | 19 | 94 | 113 | #1,664 |
| 2009 | 28 | 93 | 121 | #1,696 |
| 2008 | 20 | 121 | 141 | #1,406 |
| 2007 | 34 | 67 | 101 | #2,069 |
| 2006 | 53 | 72 | 125 | #1,891 |
| 2005 | 30 | 53 | 83 | #2,258 |
| 2004 | 59 | 97 | 156 | #1,445 |
| 2003 | 75 | 76 | 151 | #1,654 |
| 2002 | 51 | 119 | 170 | #1,182 |
| 2001 | 39 | 135 | 174 | #1,072 |
| 2000 | 23 | 101 | 124 | #1,289 |
| 1999 | 16 | 105 | 121 | #1,214 |
| 1998 | 20 | 104 | 124 | #1,195 |
| 1997 | 7 | 110 | 117 | #1,139 |
| 1996 | 12 | 69 | 81 | #1,479 |
| 1995 | 7 | 69 | 76 | #1,447 |
| 1994 | 12 | 43 | 55 | #1,976 |
| 1993 | 7 | 26 | 33 | #2,781 |
| 1992 | — | 35 | 35 | #2,213 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1990 | 5 | — | 5 | — |