How Many People Are Named Caelan?
people named Caelan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 110,574 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,135 babies named Caelan in Social Security records from 1990 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
174 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Anglicized form of CAOLรN or CAOILFHIONN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Caelan, 21.3% were girls and 78.7% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 14.1% of the babies were girls then and 7.1% in the 2020s.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Caelan alive today is about 18 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 24 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Caelan first appears in the records in 1990 and was given most often in 2001, to 174 babies. In 2025, 49 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1990 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Caelan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,066, in 2001. In 2025 it ranked #2,891. Among girls, its best rank was #2,261, in 2003.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,891 | #13,503 |
| Best rank | #1,066 (2001) | #2,261 (2003) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,508 in the 2000s | #3,602 in the 2000s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Caelan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Caelan were born in California than in any other state: about 289 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Caelan was given 2.4 times as often in California, 1.7 times in Pennsylvania and 1.5 times in Texas.
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