Caitlyn
Caitlyn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 78 births. Its best rank was 115th, in 1998.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 780.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19982,937 births
- Best rank
- #115in 1998
- Since 1968
- 52,531people given the name
The story in the numbers
52,531 girls have been named Caitlyn in the United States since 1968, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 2,937 births — 0.17% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 78 births in 2024, against 2,937 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1999, and the 1990s alone account for 42%. It has spent 33 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1998, its biggest year
Caitlyn was the 115th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1998 were Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Caitlyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kaitlynpeak 2000
- Alexzandrapeak 1998
- Katilynpeak 1998
- Kaytlinpeak 1999
- Kyrstenpeak 1992
- Estephaniepeak 2003
- Brionnapeak 1996
- Jasmynepeak 2000
Other spellings in the data
- Kaitlyn166,341 ever
- Caitlin112,068 ever
- Kaitlin57,319 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.