# Caelan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/caelan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,135 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,470 / 665 (21% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,729, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 28 | 5,120 |
| 2010 | 19 | 6,699 |
| 2011 | 23 | 5,768 |
| 2012 | 17 | 7,202 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8,219 |
| 2014 | 15 | 7,731 |
| 2015 | 6 | 14,843 |
| 2016 | 8 | 11,991 |
| 2017 | 15 | 7,523 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8,710 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,563 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15,558 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15,738 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11,369 |
| 2025 | 6 | 13,508 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 89 | 1,677 |
| 2012 | 61 | 2,174 |
| 2013 | 67 | 2,026 |
| 2014 | 62 | 2,177 |
| 2015 | 53 | 2,413 |
| 2016 | 52 | 2,440 |
| 2017 | 61 | 2,193 |
| 2018 | 56 | 2,356 |
| 2019 | 68 | 2,112 |
| 2020 | 47 | 2,664 |
| 2021 | 56 | 2,416 |
| 2022 | 70 | 2,120 |
| 2023 | 61 | 2,293 |
| 2024 | 35 | 3,342 |
| 2025 | 43 | 2,892 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 101 | 390 |
| 2012 | 87 | 454 |
| 2013 | 69 | 532 |
| 2014 | 73 | 520 |
| 2015 | 110 | 388 |
| 2016 | 79 | 512 |
| 2017 | 83 | 488 |
| 2018 | 62 | 590 |
| 2019 | 67 | 561 |
| 2020 | 56 | 623 |
| 2021 | 70 | 551 |
| 2022 | 80 | 489 |
| 2023 | 89 | 447 |
| 2024 | 73 | 529 |
| 2025 | 119 | 352 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.