Caela

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Caela: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Caela: Recorded since 2007, it reached #212 in 2020, and it stood at #483 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#212highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2007–2016

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#5201
2013	#4739
2016	#4763

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 7 of the 19 years from 2007 to 2025.

In 2024: #337 among girls in Northern Ireland, #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2007–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2007
First recorded at #5201 among girls in England and Wales in 2007 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2011–2024
Highest recorded position: #212 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2020 (recorded 2011–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #483 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Caela appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 7 years beginning in 2007, and has registered 28 births with the name.

Caela across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Caela's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#842 (2007)	#483 (2025)	#483 (2025)	7 of 19	28 (2007–2025)	7 (2025)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#311 (2011)	#212 (2020)	#337 (2024)	7 of 14	33 (2011–2024)	8 (2020)
England and Wales · Girls	#5201 (2007)	#4739 (2013)	#4763 (2016)	3 of 10	11 (2007–2016)	4 (2013)

Caela appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2007 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #212 in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Caela's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#337	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#212	8	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#361	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#314	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#555	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 2007 and 2025, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #212, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 4 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Caeden · #550, 18y
Cael · #311, 21y
Caelan · #43, 30y
Caeleb · #2390, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Riadh · #212, 10y
Katlyn · #213, 19y
Carragh · #207, 13y
Brenna · #206, 20y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Aj · #211, 24y
Eliah · #211, 22y
Caodhan · #214, 16y
Ivy-Rose · #215, 16y

Caela was ranked #212 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2020. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Caela and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Caela without appearing here.

Caela moved ahead of

Aimee Compare
In 2024 they stood at #898 and #275 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #483 and #885.
Audrey Compare
In 2024 they stood at #898 and #898 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #483 and #885.
Christine Compare
In 2024 they stood at #898 and #504 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #483 and #885.
Elisabeth Compare
In 2024 they stood at #898 and #898 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #483 and #885.

Moved ahead of Caela

Nora Compare
In 2017 they stood at #314 and #365 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #361 and #151.
Mila Compare
In 2011 they stood at #311 and #363 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #451 and #268.
Violet Compare
In 2011 they stood at #311 and #444 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #451 and #297.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #212 and #246 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #337 and #288.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 2007 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #212 in Northern Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Caela

Caela at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Caela across 3 official records

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Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Caela at a glance

Caela across 3 official records

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Caela

Caela and the names beside it

Caela moved ahead of

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