Caelan
Caelan Doris is an Irish professional rugby union player from the village of Lacken Co. Mayo. He plays as a number eight for United Rugby Championship club Leinster and the Ireland national team.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Caelan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Caelan Doris is an Irish professional rugby union player from the village of Lacken Co. Mayo. He plays as a number eight for United Rugby Championship club Leinster and the Ireland national team.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Caelan
As a girl name
Caelan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1990, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2003, when 75 Caelans were born — ranking #2,260 that year. As of 2026, Caelan ranks #11,156 for girls with 8 births, with steady use. In total, more than 659 Caelans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Caelan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1992, with 35 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 135 Caelans were born — ranking #1,068 that year. As of 2026, Caelan ranks #2,817 for boys with 45 births, gradually falling (-11%). In total, more than 3K Caelans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Caelan
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About the name Caelan
Caelan is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1992 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Caelan's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #1,068. Use the chart and map above to compare Caelan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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