Names / Girl names
Cairn
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#5,830
in 1954
First recorded
1954
in U.S. data
Children named
5
since 1954
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #5,830 in 1954 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Cairn first appears in American naming records in 1954, where it reads as a girls' name. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Roughly 5 people have been given the name to date — a true rarity.