Kaitlyn
Kaitlyn is ranked 652nd among girls in 2024 (450 births). Its best rank was 30th, in 2000.
- Rank in 2024
- #652down 32 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4500.03% of girls
- Peak year
- 20008,759 births
- Best rank
- #30in 2000
- Since 1971
- 166,341people given the name
The story in the numbers
166,341 girls have been named Kaitlyn in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 8,759 births — 0.48% of all girls recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 160 → 652).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 1990s alone account for 41%. It has spent 42 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 23 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2000, its biggest year
Kaitlyn was the 30th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2000 were Emily, Hannah, Madison, Ashley and Sarah. See all of 2000.
Names that rose and fell with Kaitlyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Estephaniepeak 2003
- Caitlynpeak 1998
- Kyrstenpeak 1992
- Shakaylapeak 2000
- Kaytlinpeak 1999
- Brionnapeak 1996
- Alexzandrapeak 1998
- Jasmynepeak 2000
Other spellings in the data
- Caitlin112,068 ever
- Kaitlin57,319 ever
- Caitlyn52,531 ever
- Kaitlynn16,373 ever
- Caitlynn4,935 ever
- Kaytlin3,324 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.